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Bevis Marks Synagogue
A ceremony at the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, at Bevis Marks Synagogue, London in 2015 (C) Blake Ezra Photography 2015.
March 14, 2024, 8:05 pm
New threat to Bevis Marks Synagogue unveiled by City of London
Developers submit new application for 45-storey tower block, two years after bid for 47-storey tower rejected
By Jenni Frazer
A ceremony at the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, at Bevis Marks Synagogue, London in 2015 (C) Blake Ezra Photography 2015.
September 14, 2023, 11:15 am
New chair announced at Bevis Marks Synagogue heritage foundation
Melody Salem takes charge of the next phase of the project at the Grade I listed building
By Michelle Rosenberg
Bevis Marks, built in 1701, is the oldest synagogue in Great Britain
December 20, 2022, 3:41 pm
Historic shul submits plan for first central London eruv
Bevis Marks Synagogue asks to build Jewish religious boundary that would let Jewish residents and visitors do more over Shabbat
By Jewish News Reporter
A ceremony at the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, at Bevis Marks Synagogue, London in 2015 (C) Blake Ezra Photography 2015.
November 24, 2020, 5:06 pm
Britain’s oldest shul renews battle against proposals for 21-storey tower
Bevis Marks' rabbi says the tower would 'limit ambient light coming inside and really put us into more darkness, making it more difficult to pray and enjoy the beautiful space'
January 29, 2020, 5:00 pm
Trauma handed down from parent to child
Sandy Rashty explores the transgenerational impact of the Nazi genocide on descendants of survivors
By Sandy Rashty
Boris Mints, chair of CER Board of Patrons; Yael Zamir, chief executive of Embryonics; Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, CER president ((C) Blake Ezra Photography 2019)
November 7, 2019, 4:45 pm
Start-up which improves IVF success rates wins tech prize from European Rabbis
Yael Zamir of Embryonics receives prestigious gong from the Conference of European Rabbis held at Bevis Marks shul in London
By Jewish News Reporter
Prince Charles
July 17, 2019, 7:51 am
Prince Charles to be patron of Bevis Marks shul heritage appeal
Heir to the throne’s support for conservation project with centuries-old Grade I-listed ‘Cathedral synagogue of Anglo-Jewry’ heralded as a ‘welcome boost’
By Jewish News Reporter
A ceremony at the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, at Bevis Marks Synagogue, London in 2015 (C) Blake Ezra Photography 2015.
June 26, 2019, 10:20 am
Britain’s oldest synagogue Bevis Marks gets £2.7m National Lottery windfall
The grant will fund conservation work and go towards the costs of opening a new cultural, educational and religious centre
By Mathilde Frot
50th anniversary of Baghdad hangings
January 24, 2019, 11:31 am
Bevis Marks honours Iraq hanging victims after half-a-century
Historic London shul will recall the victims of 1969 killings ordered by Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party, who targeted Jewish men accused of being Israeli spies
By Jewish News Reporter
The Synagogue of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation In Princes Road
June 6, 2018, 11:14 am
Rabbi returns to Liverpool congregation after first appointment in 1999
Orthodox leader rabbi Ariel Abel, 44, describes his return to Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation as a homecoming
By Jewish News Reporter
The outside of Bevis Marks.
February 19, 2018, 10:17 am
Zest restaurant to open second branch at Bevis Marks shul
New site in the heart of central London will open later this month, and will use Deliveroo to offer takeaway lunches to city workers
By Jewish News Reporter
August 25, 2017, 10:25 am
Opinion: We helped Blanche discover more about her famous family
Doreen Berger of the Jewish Genealogical Society reflects on the life of Blanche Lindo Blackwell
By Doreen Berger
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