Westminster Synagogue

Westminster Synagogue
Westminster Synagogue
	Kent House, location of the Westminster Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Benji Stanley; Rabbi Dr Kamila Kopřivová; Rabbi Dr Thomas Salamon (Emeritus);
Status	Active
Location
Location	Kent House, Rutland Gardens, Knightsbridge, Central London, England SW7 1BX
Country	United Kingdom
	Location of the synagogues in Central London
Geographic coordinates	51°30′05″N 0°10′00″W / 51.5013°N 0.1666°W
Architecture
Type	Town house
Style	Victorian architecture
Founder	Rabbi Harold Reinhart
Date established	1957 (as a congregation)
Completed	1874 (as Kent House); 1960 (as a synagogue);
Website
	westminstersynagogue.org

The Westminster Synagogue is an independent Progressive Jewish congregation and synagogue, located near Hyde Park, in Central London, England, in the United Kingdom.^[1] The synagogue is located in Kent House, a restored^[2] Victorian town house in Knightsbridge. The building, which dates from the late 1800s, also houses the Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre.^[3]

^ ^a ^b "Westminster Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Kent House, Knightsbridge". Kent House, Knightsbridge. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
^ Greenacombe, John. "Rutland Gardens and South Place: Kent House and the Kent House Estate Development: Survey of London: Knightsbridge". British History Online. p. 134-140. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.