Manchester Reform Synagogue

{{Short description|Reform synagogue in central Manchester, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

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| building_name = Manchester Reform Synagogue

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| image = Manc Reform Syn façade.jpg

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| caption = The former Jackson's Row synagogue;
deconsecrated in November 2022;
since demolished

| map_type = United Kingdom Greater Manchester

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| map_caption = Location of the former Jackson's Row synagogue, in Central Manchester

| location = {{bulleted list|Looking for alternative location {{small|(since November 2022)}}|Jackson's Row, Central Manchester, England M2 5NH {{small|(1953–2022)}}}}

| country = United Kingdom

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| religious_affiliation = Reform Judaism

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| status = Congregation

| functional_status = Active

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| leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Lisa Barrett|Rabbi Warren Elf|Rabbi Reuven Silverman {{small|(Emeritus)}}}}

| website = {{url|http://www.jacksonsrow.org/}}

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| architect = {{ubl|Peter Cummings|Eric Levy}}

| architecture_type = Synagogue architecture

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| established = 1857 {{small|(as a congregation)}}

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| year_completed = {{ubl|1858 {{small|(Cheetham Hill)}}|1953 {{small|(Jackson's Row)}}}}

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| date_demolished = {{ubl|1 June 1941 {{small|(Cheetham Hill)}}|{{nowrap|14 October 2023 {{small|(Jackson's Row)}}}}}}

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| materials = Brick

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| footnotes = {{cite web |author=Shulman, David |url=http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/m44_reform/index.htm |title=Manchester Reform Synagogue |work=Jewish Communities and Records – UK |publisher=JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |date=7 December 2022 |access-date=12 May 2024 }}

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The Manchester Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish congregation based in Central Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation, founded in 1857 as the Manchester Congregation of British Jews, is one of the oldest Reform communities in the United Kingdom, and is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.{{cite web |url=http://www.mcr-reform.org.uk.odin.webhoster.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=55 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114013622/http://www.mcr-reform.org.uk.odin.webhoster.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=55 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 November 2010 |title=Our story |publisher=Manchester Reform Synagogue |work=What's it all about? |access-date=10 January 2014 |author=Hoffman, David }}{{self-published-inline|date=May 2024}}

The congregation build a synagogue on Jackson's Row in 1953 and vacated the site in November 2022. The synagogue was subsequently demolished in October 2023. The congregation has been using temporary premises at Manchester University's Chapel on Oxford Road, since November 2022, while it seeks a permanent home.