Modern Synagogue
In 1979, having borrowed halls for years, land was bought and the community modified the building on the site to build its own synagogue. Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits opened and consecrated the synagogue. A plaque at the synagogue marks the occasion that the Chief Rabbi inaugurated the synagogue laid by Theo Rubin who was the President of the community for many years. Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks visited the synagogue in 2006.
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