The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. The rabbi of the congregation, since 2021, is Rabbi Tali Artman Partock.
History
The congregation was established in 1981 as the Epping Forest & District Reform Synagogue. In c. 1985, the congregation changed its name to the Buckhurst Hill Reform Synagogue; with a further name change to Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue in 1996.[1]
Located in Bedford House, Buckhurst Hill, Essex from 1981 to 1995, the congregation acquired its current location in 1995 and subsequently renovated and restored the building as a synagogue. The site occupied by the synagogue is in the restored chapel of Wanstead Hospital, and previously the Merchant Seamen's Orphan's Asylum.[1] The site was Grade II* listed with English Heritage in 1979.[2][3]
^ abc"Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue". Jerwish Communities and Records-UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2024.