| Sinai Synagogue, Leeds | |
|---|---|
 The synagogue in 2008 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rachel Weston(Cantor) |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Roman Avenue,Roundhay,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England LS8 2AN |
| Country | United Kingdom |
  Location of the synagogue inYorkshire | |
| Coordinates | 53°50′50″N1°30′37″W / 53.8471°N 1.5103°W /53.8471; -1.5103 |
| Architecture | |
| Architects | Halpern & Associates |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Modernist |
| Established | 1944(as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1960 |
| Website | |
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Sinai Synagogue is aReformJewish congregation andsynagogue, located on Roman Avenue inRoundhay,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation was founded in 1944[2] and is affiliated to theMovement for Reform Judaism.[3]
Prior toWorld War II the Jewish community in Leeds was overwhelminglyOrthodox.[4] Rabbi L. Graf of the Reform Synagogue inBradford attempted to start a community of worship in Leeds, presiding over a service of six people in a house inOakwood on 8 January 1944.[4] Numbers grew and services moved to a variety of sites, eventually buying the defunctSephardi Synagogue building at 21 Leopold Street, Leeds 7 in November 1951, which was used until 16 September 1960.[4]
Plans for a new building on Roman Avenue began in 1957. Construction began in March 1960, and was completed in November of the same year.[4] It was designed by Halpern & Associates of London.[citation needed] On 12 June 1960 the foundation stone was laid and a section of Harehills Cemetery consecrated for the use of the congregation.[4] The building was consecrated on 6 November 1960.[4]
In 1969 it was recognised as a "major organisation in the community" by the Leeds Jewish Representative Council, gaining a seat on the Council's executive.[4]
Cultural activities such as religious classes expanded until they were too large for the rooms, so a temporary building was erected in the car park in 1965; this was used until 1985, by which time additional rooms had been attached to the synagogue.[4]
The community has a burial ground in current use at Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, which is managed byLeeds City Council.[5]
The congregation publishes a quarterly magazine, theSinai Chronicle.[6]
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