North Western Reform Synagogue
| North Western Reform Synagogue | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Location | Alyth Gardens, Temple Fortune, London Borough of Barnet |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Status | Active |
| Leadership | Rabbis: Mark Goldsmith, Josh Levy, Maurice Michaels Cantor: Cheryl Wunch |
| Website | www |
| Completed | 1936 (original synagogue), 1958 (Leo Baeck Centre), 2004 (social spaces and kindergarten) |
Alyth (also known as North Western Reform Synagogue) at Temple Fortune in north west London is a Jewish community that was founded in 1933. Three years later, in 1936, the synagogue was built in Alyth Gardens, on land carved out from the West London Synagogue’s cemetery in Hoop Lane. Alyth is one of the largest Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom. It has around 2100 adult and 1000 child members, and is twinned with the Leo Baeck Community Centre in Haifa and the Jewish community in Kerch, a city in Ukraine.
The Alyth Choral Society, with over 40 members, sings at least two concerts with an orchestra every year.
Alyth's Kids Choir leads the singing on many Friday nights and is made up of children aged from 5 to 12.
The Alyth Youth Singers has over 20 years performed Jewish, Israeli and songs from musicals at Jewish community events of all kinds. They performed at Simcha on the Square in Trafalgar Square, at the Jewish Museum and annually at the London Borough of Barnet Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration. This choir of 13- to 18-year-olds has an annual international tour. The cities they have visited include Amsterdam, Berlin, Budapest, Paris, New York, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem where they have performed at synagogues, schools and community centres.
Alyth is a fully operational congregation with Shabbat services on Friday nights and Saturday mornings and all Jewish festivals. On most Saturday mornings one or more parallel services take place. These include a Classical Reform service including the synagogue's members' choir, the Kollot Minyan which is focused on participative unaccompanied song and nusach, the Big Bang family service where every participant is given a percussion instrument in order to enable all ages to pray. Many Shabbatot include a Tefilah Laboratory service such as the Shira u'Shtikah (Song and Silence) service, a Healing service, the Supertots Superheroes service for young children, the Horrible Histories explanatory service for 6–12 year olds. Kuddle up Shabbat is a half-hour service for the very youngest children on Friday afternoons.
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