It is my great pleasure to publish this selection of Photographs from some of the many thousands I have made over the past 6 years of the life of Sandys Row Synagogue. The oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in London and the very last in Spitalfields.
These images I dedicate to my Grandfather and other past members for their struggle and sacrifice to keep Sandys Row synagogue open when all the others in Spitalfields closed.
Here is Mr Sender Chaim, always the last to leave after the lunchtime service at Sandys Row. On his way out he touches the Mezuzah on the door frame - he has done this every weekday for nearly 30 years.
This is Henry Freedman - discussing the future of the synagogue to board of management in 2005.
Barry Pash is the fourth generation of his family to worship at Sandys Row. A gentle man, once a photographer for a London newspaper, I made this image of Barry in the flat where he lives alone in Petticoat Tower, Petticoat Lane.
Michael Davidson, a scholar from an orthodox background, sifts through a century of accumulated books and documents in the vestry after the flood of 2006.
Julie Smith - Dancing with friends and familly at a Purim party in 2007. She is one of oldest members however is dancing less these days.
Many years ago, Milton who has resided and worked in the locality his whole life, celebrated his marriage here at Sandys Row. He still attends regularly.
Joe Listner, who used to run the shul, examining the vellum of 1905 discovered in the basement.
Hetty sits alone in the Synagogue - "it hasn't always been like this"
Stella Wilder loving wife of Jimmy Wilder, (the ex-treasurer, whose picture is to be seen on the right) was the secretary of the Sandys Row synagogue for seventeen years until 2005. Both are no longer with us.
From time to time Police officers pay as visit - they are always very friendly and enjoy the kosher biscuits.
For fifteen years there were no marriages at Sandys Row, then there were three in a year, and now young families are joining the synagogue, as Jewish people move back into the neighbourhood for the first time in a generation.
A staid old lady gets new life, thanks to Loving-Kindness and Friendship.
Life At Sandys Row Synagogue
It is my great pleasure to publish this selection of Photographs from some of the many thousands I have made over the past 6 years of the life of Sandys Row Synagogue. The oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in London and the very last in Spitalfields.
These images I dedicate to my Grandfather and other past members for their struggle and sacrifice to keep Sandys Row synagogue open when all the others in Spitalfields closed.
Here is Mr Sender Chaim, always the last to leave after the lunchtime service at Sandys Row. On his way out he touches the Mezuzah on the door frame - he has done this every weekday for nearly 30 years.
This is Henry Freedman - discussing the future of the synagogue to board of management in 2005.
Barry Pash is the fourth generation of his family to worship at Sandys Row. A gentle man, once a photographer for a London newspaper, I made this image of Barry in the flat where he lives alone in Petticoat Tower, Petticoat Lane.
Michael Davidson, a scholar from an orthodox background, sifts through a century of accumulated books and documents in the vestry after the flood of 2006.
Julie Smith - Dancing with friends and familly at a Purim party in 2007. She is one of oldest members however is dancing less these days.
Many years ago, Milton who has resided and worked in the locality his whole life, celebrated his marriage here at Sandys Row. He still attends regularly.
Joe Listner, who used to run the shul, examining the vellum of 1905 discovered in the basement.
Hetty sits alone in the Synagogue - "it hasn't always been like this"
Stella Wilder loving wife of Jimmy Wilder, (the ex-treasurer, whose picture is to be seen on the right) was the secretary of the Sandys Row synagogue for seventeen years until 2005. Both are no longer with us.
From time to time Police officers pay as visit - they are always very friendly and enjoy the kosher biscuits.
For fifteen years there were no marriages at Sandys Row, then there were three in a year, and now young families are joining the synagogue, as Jewish people move back into the neighbourhood for the first time in a generation.
A staid old lady gets new life, thanks to Loving-Kindness and Friendship.