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General administrative and committee papers
General administration
1/1 Administrative documents including Reform Synagogues of 1961, 1967, Great Britain rules and constitution; papers for consideration by 1978, 1980 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain Board of Management; proposals for setting up rabbinical placement committee; constitution of Board of Deputies
1/2 Correspondence with Sigmund Schwab about Chief Rabbi 1966-7 Jacobovitz; minutes of meeting about Anglo-Jewish unity; interviews with Chief Rabbi; statements and press cuttings by and about Chief Rabbi
1/3 Correspondence; minutes of standing committee on Anglo- 1969-70 Jewish relationships and Council; memorandum on delegation to Board of Deputies
Committees
1/4 Caring community committee: minutes; correspondence; events 1992-9 bereavement support; wartime experience seminar, divorce, substance abuse, unemployment, retirement, conduct and ethics booklet
1/5 Metropolitan burial ground committee: minutes; correspondence 1966-7 concerning Cheshunt cemetery; plans of proposed prayer hall and grave layout
1/6 Northern provincial committee: includes minutes; 1964-70 correspondence
1/7 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain Digest of Council meetings 1967-70 and annual conference; West London Synagogue review, 1968, including tributes to Dr Van der Zyl
Alphabetical administrative
1/8 Annual returns of synagogue information: completed forms, 1993-4 Bournemouth—Maidenhead
1/9 Annual returns of synagogue information: completed forms, 1993-4 Manchester—Wimbledon
1/10 Annual returns: statistical analysis 1990-94
1/11 Rabbi Bayfield’s dedication service as Reform Synagogues of 1994 Great Britain chief executive: includes service programme; minutes of preparatory meetings
1/12 Ruth Cohen papers: World Union for Progressive Judaism 1990-8 conferences and humanitarian awards dinner printed material and audio tapes; printed tributes to Rabbi Hugo Gryn and Sir Sigmund Sternberg; Reform Synagogues of Great Britain annual reports
1/13 Conference development group: reports; minutes 1995-7 MS 302 2
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1/14 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain annual conference: 1959-60 transcript of chairman’s comments, annotated and cut for minutes
1/15 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain annual conference, 1995: 1994-5 papers; committee minutes
1/16 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain annual conference, 1996: 1996 papers; committee minutes; correspondence
1/17 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain annual conference, 2000: 2000 includes reports; papers; minutes; correspondence
1/18 Congregational development committee: minute book, includes Mar 1986-Jun letter from Jewish Joint Burial Society chairman 1991
1/19 Congregational development committee: minute book Jul 1991-Dec 1992
1/20 Congregational development committee: mainly minutes; 1992-7, 1978-9 newsletters, 1978-9
1/21 Congregational development strategy group: includes six year 1983-91 plan; reports; minutes
1/22 Congregational development, North West London Synagogue 1979-80, 1991-2 project (Totteridge/ New Barnet): reports of meetings; correspondence; street maps and lists of roads
1/23 Congregational development pack (incomplete): includes 1989-90 membership application forms; information on burials, marriages, Jewish status, Beth Din, laws of the synagogue, managing finances
1/24 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain golden jubilee: 1989-93 correspondence; newsletters; souvenir brochure; booklet; address by Rabbi Hugo Gryn; lecture by Dow Marmur; seating plan
1/25 Manor House, Finchley (Reform Synagogues of Great Britain 1974-82 HQ) information and history: leaflet; newspaper cuttings; Finchley Society chairman’s report
1/26 Manor House, purchase and pre-opening alterations: 1981-2 correspondence and papers about purchase; budget for repairs and alterations; papers relating to proposed event; press comments
1/27 Manor House: official opening 1983-4
1/28 Manor House, activities: Holocaust memorial dedication service; 1985-94 notes of meeting, Nov 1985; calculations relating to areas to be used by Leo Baeck College
1/29 Manor House, celebration dinner for tenth anniversary: booklet; 1990-1 correspondence; list of donors
1/30 Prayer: correspondence from Eric L. Friedland enclosing articles 1990-1 on prayer and being deaf and Jewish MS 302 3
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1/31 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain new prayer book: includes 1971-81 committee minutes; correspondence including letter and poem from Leonard Cohen; reports; articles on liturgy; anthology material; manuscript notes; typescript; proofs; final printed volumes
1/32 Prayer books, mainly for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, from n.d., 1975 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain synagogues
1/33 Services, Kallah: papers 2002
1/34 Tzedakah boxes [for donations to Reform Synagogues of Great 1992 Britain]
1/35 Youth activities: programme and arrangements for summer camp 1962, 1969, in Berkshire; correspondence and minutes concerning trips to 1987 and from Israel; National Council for Voluntary Youth Services directory and training Alphabetical sequence relating to communities
2/1/1 Blackpool Reform Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1965-79, 1988-9 Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters, 1969, 1976
2/1/2 Blackpool Reform Synagogue: financial papers 1968-87
2/2/1 Bournemouth Reform Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1961-8 Synagogues of Great Britain
2/2/2 Bournemouth Reform Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1969-92 Synagogues of Great Britain; annual reports for 1973; minutes, 1971; newsletters, 1969, 1983
2/2/3 Bournemouth Reform Synagogue: finance 1967-88
2/3/1 Bradford Synagogue: correspondence with Reform Synagogues 1960-4 of Great Britain
2/3//2 Bradford Synagogue: correspondence; report; newsletters 1965-8
2/3/3 Bradford Synagogue: mainly correspondence; Jewish heritage 1969-86 trail booklet
2/4/1 Brighton and Hove New Synagogue: correspondence with 1960-74 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/4/2 Brighton and Hove New Synagogue: financial correspondence 1967-71
2/4/3 Brighton and Hove New Synagogue: financial correspondence Jul 1971-1976
2/4/4 Brighton and Hove New Synagogue: financial and other 1972-89 correspondence
2/5/1 Bromley and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1965-75 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters; constitution
2/5/2 Bromley and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1976-89 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; AGM minutes; liaison reports MS 302 4
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2/6 Buckhurst Hill Reform Synagogue (formerly Epping Forest): 1982-9 correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/7/1 Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, Cambridge: minutes and 1982-5 correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/7/2 Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue: newsletters and constitution 1982-5
2/7/3 Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1986-9 Synagogues of Great Britain; newspaper article on Jews in Oxford and Cambridge
2/8/1 Cardiff New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1961-8 Synagogues of Great Britain
2/8/2 Cardiff New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1969-85 Synagogues of Great Britain; tribute booklet to Rabbi Graf
2/9/1 Menorah Synagogue, Cheshire Reform Congregation: 1963-89 correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/9/2 Cheshire: newsletters 1970-2
2/9/3 Cheshire: plans and specification for new synagogue 1971-4
2/10/1 Edgware and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1961-4 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters; annual reports; accounts
2/10/2 Edgware and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1965-8 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; annual reports; accounts; constitution; newsletters
2/10/3 Edgware and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1969-79 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; annual report; accounts
2/10/4 Edgware and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1980-5, 1989 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/11/1 Finchley Reform Synagogue (formerly Woodside Park): 1960-7 correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; accounts; negatives
2/11/2 Finchley Reform Synagogue: other papers including newsletters; 1960-71 lists of members; minutes; reports; accounts
2/11/3 Finchley Reform Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1968-77 Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters; reports
2/11/4 Finchley Reform Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1978-91 Synagogues of Great Britain; minutes; reports
2/11/5 Finchley Reform Synagogue: annual reports; newsletters; plans 1973-87 of synagogue extension
2/12/1 Glasgow New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1959, 1961-5 Synagogues of Great Britain; accounts; newsletters; copy of Jewish echo, 1962
2/12/2 Glasgow New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1966-76 MS 302 5
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Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters
2/12/3 Glasgow New Synagogue: correspondence from Reform 1977-88 Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters
2/13 Hampstead Reform Jewish Community: correspondence 1973-89 concerning developing community; newsletters; reports; constitution
2/14/1 Harlow Jewish Community: correspondence with Reform 1960-7 Synagogues of Great Britain; constitution; newsletters; minutes; reports
2/14/2 Harlow Jewish Community: correspondence with Reform 1968-87 Synagogues of Great Britain; minutes; reports
2/15 Hatch End Jewish Community (Kol Chai): correspondence; 1986-9 newsletters; chairman’s report
2/16/1 Hendon Reform Synagogue: correspondence; constitution; 1953, 1960-8 newsletters; annual reports; events
2/16/2 Hendon: correspondence; descriptive leaflet with illustration of 1969-89 building; newsletters; annual report; Jerusalem Post for 15 July 1979
2/17 Hull Reform Synagogue, formerly Hull Jewish Sinai Reform 1969-89 Group: correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters; minutes;
2/18 Maidenhead Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1980-90 Synagogues of Great Britain; street maps; reports; Jewish Chronicle magazine article on Maidenhead community (24/9/82); “Trouble-shooters guide” during absence of rabbi; Golden Jubilee service
2/19/1 Manchester Reform Synagogue: concerning Manchester’s 1955, proposals regarding finance, 1955; general correspondence with 1965-75 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/19/2 Manchester Reform Synagogue: correspondence; memos about 1976-88 subscription to Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; annual reports; illustration of synagogue; newsletters; notes on meeting about discrimination against children of proselytes
2/19/3 Manchester Reform Synagogue: finance 1968-86
2/20/1 Middlesex New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform Dec 1964-1989, Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters 1996
2/20/2 Middlesex New Synagogue: adult education programme c.1996 collection of facsimile documents on Anglo-Jewish history; Jewish Museum newsletter Jan 1996
2/21/1 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: correspondence; newsletters; 1976-95 minutes; Soviet Jewry liaison newsletter
2/21/2 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: correspondence; minutes 1981-4 MS 302 6
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2/21/3 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: minutes; reports 1991-4
2/21/4 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: Rabbinical and Beth Din; Rabbi 1980-3 Barbara Borts including induction; photograph of Rabbi Borts with Samantha Fransman and parents
2/21/5 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: correspondence; burial society 1984-6 circulars; charity appeals; service committees minutes
2/21/6 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue, adult education: mainly 1978-82 information on classes at neighbouring synagogues; correspondence
2/21/7 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: Jewish education (Chedar school); 1986-90 Bar and Bat Mitzvot; also constitution of synagogue
2/21/8 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue, Israel Action and Pro-Zion: 1978-85 mainly circulars and minutes from Reform Synagogues of Great Britain HQ; talk from Member of Parliament on Anglo-Israel relations
2/21/9 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: publicity, including newspaper 1981-95 cuttings; press releases; maps
2/21/10 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: services 1978-81
2/21/11 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: quarterly and annual returns of 1974-92 synagogue information
2/21/12 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: newsletters 1976-80
2/21/13 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: newsletters 1981-5
2/21/14 Mill Hill Reform Synagogue: newsletters Sep 1985-1994
2/22/1 Milton Keynes Reform Synagogue: correspondence; minutes; 1977-84 newsletters
2/22/2 Milton Keynes: correspondence; building committee and other 1984-9 minutes
2/22/3 Milton Keynes: correspondence; minutes; returns of information 1990-2 to Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; accounts; reports; newsletters; Rabbi Wolff’s induction service
2/23/1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1965-78 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters; accounts; constitution; Rabbi Marcus’ induction service; dispute with orthodox community including newspaper cuttings; Newcastle Jewish Recorder Apr 1977
2/23/2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1979-89 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; photos including induction of Rabbi Wolff; newsletter; opening of new synagogue
2/24/1 North-West Surrey Synagogue, Weybridge: correspondence 1966-9 with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; inaugural dinner; minutes; newsletters MS 302 7
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2/24//2 North-West Surrey Synagogue: correspondence; minutes; events 1970-9 diaries; newsletters; information returns
2/24//3 North-West Surrey Synagogue: correspondence; new 1980-9 synagogue; special services booklets
2/25/1 North Western Reform Synagogue, London (Alyth Gardens, 1959, 1964-72 Golders Green): correspondence; annual reports
2/25/2 North Western Reform Synagogue: correspondence; annual 1973-82 reports; Council seminar
2/25/3 North Western Reform Synagogue: correspondence; choral 1983-8 society programme; Jubilee magazine
2/26 Radlett and Bushey Reform Synagogue, Hertfordshire: 1986-9 correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/27/1 St George’s Settlement Synagogue, London (later The 1959, 1966-87 Settlement Synagogue): correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; reports; bulletins
2/27/2 The Settlement: newsletters; correspondence; street maps of 1988-96 East London; annual information returns; information on Canary Wharf
2/28 Sha’arei Shalom Synagogue (North Manchester Reform Dec 1976-1989 Congregation): correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; constitution; newsletters; building project
2/29 Sheffield and District Reform Jewish Congregation: publication 1976, 1988- 91 Steel City Jews; notes of initial meeting; correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain and other congregations; minutes; newsletters
2/30/1 Sinai Synagogue, Leeds: correspondence with Reform 1965-75 Synagogues of Great Britain; minutes; newsletters
2/30/2 Sinai Synagogue, Leeds: correspondence with Reform 1976-89 Synagogues of Great Britain; The early history of Sinai Synagogue, Leeds, 1944-1970; plans of synagogue extension
2/31/1 South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community: correspondence 1983-7 with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/31//2 South Hampshire Reform Synagogue: correspondence; 1988-93 newsletters; minutes
2/32/1 Southend Progressive Synagogue: correspondence and meeting 1971-7 reports on Southend Progressive Synagogue’s wish to affiliate to Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; correspondence
2/32/2 Southend and District Reform Synagogue (formerly Southend 1978-87 Progressive Synagogue): correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; newsletters; photo of Rabbi George Ruben Southport New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1965-71 2/33/1 Synagogues of Great Britain; constitution; photo of Rabbi Goldberg and others MS 302 8
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2/33/2 Southport New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1972-6 Synagogues of Great Britain
2/33/3 Southport New Synagogue: correspondence with Reform 1977-89 Synagogues of Great Britain
2/33/4 Southport: annual reports; fortieth anniversary brochure 1982-90
2/34/1 South-West Essex Reform Synagogue, Ilford: correspondence 1965-79 with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; annual reports; newsletter
2/34/2 South-West Essex Reform Synagogue: correspondence with 1980-9 Reform Synagogues of Great Britain
2/35 Swindon Jewish Community: correspondence concerning 1985-9 affiliation to Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; other correspondence; constitution; newsletters
2/36/1 Thanet and District Reform Synagogue, Margate: 1984-9 correspondence with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain over establishing new synagogue; consecration service
2/36/2 Thanet and District Reform Synagogue: annual returns of 1991-5 information; correspondence; newsletters; reports
2/37/1 Wembley Reform Jewish Community: correspondence ; 1972-9 newsletters; minutes
2/37/2 Wembley: correspondence; constitution; reports 1980-5
2/37/3 Wembley: newsletters 1976-84
2/38/1 West London Synagogue: mainly correspondence with Reform 1965-79 Synagogues of Great Britain; building appeal; plan of synagogue; women’s guild activities; lists of activities
2/38/2 West London Synagogue: reports and accounts (with cover 1959-77 photo); special service booklets; constitution
2/38/3 West London Synagogue: correspondence; reports; newsletters; 1986-91 City Farm project (in Israel)
2/39/1 Wimbledon and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence 1961-74 with Reform Synagogues of Great Britain; annual reports
2/39/2 Wimbledon and District Reform Synagogue: correspondence 1975-89
2/39/3 Wimbledon and District Reform Synagogue: synagogue 1968-84 information returns; newsletter; obituaries for Rabbi Charles Berg; historical review by Marcus Bower