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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #D3D3D3">Great Synagogue of London</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Microcosm_of_London_Plate_082_-_Synagogue,_Duke%27s_Place,_Houndsditch_(JCR-UK).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Microcosm_of_London_Plate_082_-_Synagogue%2C_Duke%27s_Place%2C_Houndsditch_%28JCR-UK%29.jpg/310px-Microcosm_of_London_Plate_082_-_Synagogue%2C_Duke%27s_Place%2C_Houndsditch_%28JCR-UK%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Microcosm_of_London_Plate_082_-_Synagogue%2C_Duke%27s_Place%2C_Houndsditch_%28JCR-UK%29.jpg/465px-Microcosm_of_London_Plate_082_-_Synagogue%2C_Duke%27s_Place%2C_Houndsditch_%28JCR-UK%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Microcosm_of_London_Plate_082_-_Synagogue%2C_Duke%27s_Place%2C_Houndsditch_%28JCR-UK%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="375" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The Great Synagogue in 1809<br />(from <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Ackermann" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolf Ackermann">Ackerman</a>'s <i>Microcosm of London</i>)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #D3D3D3">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Judaism</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(former)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rite</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nusach_Ashkenaz" title="Nusach Ashkenaz">Nusach Ashkenaz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Ecclesiastical or organisational status</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">Synagogue</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1790–1941)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Destroyed</b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(during WWII)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #D3D3D3">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Dukes Place, <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> EC3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output 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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Great Synagogue of London is located in City of London"><img alt="Great Synagogue of London is located in City of London" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg/250px-City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg/375px-City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg/500px-City_of_London_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1140" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:43.6%;left:84.2%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Great Synagogue of London"><img alt="Great Synagogue of London" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of the former synagogue<br />in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Great_Synagogue_of_London&params=51.5141_N_0.0779_W_type:landmark_region:GB-LND"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°30′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°04′40″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.5141°N 0.0779°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.5141; -0.0779</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #D3D3D3">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">Architect(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data note"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Dance_the_Elder" title="George Dance the Elder">George Dance the Elder</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1766)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/James_Spiller" title="James Spiller">James Spiller</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1790)</span></li><li>John Walen <span style="font-size:85%;">(1852)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Synagogue_architecture" title="Synagogue architecture">Synagogue architecture</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data">Benjamin Levy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Funded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Hart_(1675-1756)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moses Hart (1675-1756)">Moses Hart</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1722)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Levy_(philanthropist)" title="Judith Levy (philanthropist)">Judith Levy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1790)</span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date established</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1690</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note"><span class="nowrap">1722; 1790; and 1852</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Destroyed</th><td class="infobox-data">11 May 1941</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Great Synagogue of London</b> was a former <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> congregation and <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, in the United Kingdom. The synagogue was, for centuries, the centre of <a href="/wiki/Ashkenazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashkenazi">Ashkenazi</a> life in London. Built north of <a href="/wiki/Aldgate" title="Aldgate">Aldgate</a> in the 17th century, it was destroyed during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, in <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Synagogue_of_London&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years,_Dukes_Place,_London,_1941_D3421.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D3421.jpg/170px-The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D3421.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D3421.jpg/255px-The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D3421.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D3421.jpg/340px-The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D3421.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1622" data-file-height="2480" /></a><figcaption>Reverend Hermann Mayerowitsch stands under the decorated arch of the Ark of the Great Synagogue, following the building's destruction</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greatsynagogue.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Greatsynagogue.JPG/220px-Greatsynagogue.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Greatsynagogue.JPG/330px-Greatsynagogue.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Greatsynagogue.JPG/440px-Greatsynagogue.JPG 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption>Wash drawing of the Synagogue from Duke's Place, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1820</span></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years,_Dukes_Place,_London,_1941_D2805.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D2805.jpg/220px-The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D2805.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D2805.jpg/330px-The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D2805.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D2805.jpg/440px-The_Great_Synagogue_After_250_Years%2C_Dukes_Place%2C_London%2C_1941_D2805.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="542" /></a><figcaption>A member of the congregation at the synagogue in 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest Ashkenazi synagogue constructed in London, after the return of Jews to England in the 17th century, was built about 1690 at Duke's Place, north of Aldgate, in the City of London. In 1696–7, the synagogue also acquired a burial ground, at <a href="/wiki/Jewish_cemeteries_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish cemeteries in London">Alderney Road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The congregation grew, and in 1722 a new building was erected with the cost of £2,000 (equivalent to £400,000 in 2023) being borne by businessman and philanthropist <a href="/wiki/Moses_Hart_(1675-1756)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moses Hart (1675-1756)">Moses Hart</a>. The building was consecrated on <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashana" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosh Hashana">Rosh Hashana</a> (September 18, 1722).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An enlarged building, designed by <a href="/wiki/George_Dance_the_Elder" title="George Dance the Elder">George Dance the Elder</a>, was consecrated on August 29, 1766. The order of prayers for the inauguration was the first printed publication of the synagogue, and also the first publication to name it explicitly as 'The Great Synagogue'.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1788 and 1790, the third synagogue was built on the site. Unusually for the time, the principal donor was a woman, <a href="/wiki/Judith_Levy_(philanthropist)" title="Judith Levy (philanthropist)">Judith Levy</a>, a daughter of Moses Hart, who subscribed £4,000 (equivalent to £640,000 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The architect was <a href="/wiki/James_Spiller" title="James Spiller">James Spiller</a>. The building was in the classical style identified with <a href="/wiki/John_Adam_(architect)" title="John Adam (architect)">John Adam</a>. It was redecorated and repaired in 1832 and 1852 by John Walen, and restored again with small renovations in 1899 and 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Royal Dukes of Cambridge, Cumberland, and Sussex, sons of <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a>, visited the Great Synagogue of London in 1809. There they were seated on elegant <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_revival_decorative_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Egyptian revival decorative arts">Egyptian revival</a> chairs as they watched the religious service.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The synagogue was also visited around this period, during his schooldays, by the writer <a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Leigh_Hunt" class="mw-redirect" title="James Henry Leigh Hunt">Leigh Hunt</a>, who wrote 'I took pleasure in witnessing the semi-Catholic pomp of their service and in hearing their fine singing, not without something of a constant astonishment at their wearing their hats'.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The synagogue was destroyed during the night of 10-11 May 1941, during one of the last major attacks of <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">the Blitz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_plaque" title="Commemorative plaque">plaque</a> commemorating the synagogue is placed on Duke's Place.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Synagogue_of_London&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rabbis">Rabbis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Synagogue_of_London&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rabbis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following individuals have served as <a href="/wiki/Rabbi" title="Rabbi">rabbi</a> of the Great Synagogue:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ordinal</th> <th>Officeholder</th> <th>Term start</th> <th>Term end</th> <th>Time in office</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠">1</span></td> <td>Judah Loeb Cohen</td> <td align="center">1696</td> <td align="center">1700</td> <td align="right">3–4 years</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1000000000000000000♠">−</span></td> <td><i>Aaron the Scribe of Dublin</i></td> <td align="center">1700</td> <td align="center"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1704</span></td> <td align="right">3–4 years</td> <td><i>Acting rabbi</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠">2</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Hart_(rabbi)" title="Aaron Hart (rabbi)">Aaron Hart</a></td> <td align="center"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1704</span></td> <td align="center">1756</td> <td align="right"><b>51–52 years</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠">3</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hart_Lyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Hart Lyon">Hart Lyon</a></td> <td align="center">1758</td> <td align="center">1764</td> <td align="right">5–6 years</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠">4</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tevele_Schiff" title="Tevele Schiff">David Tevele Schiff</a></td> <td align="center">1765</td> <td align="center">1792</td> <td align="right">26–27 years</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="1000000000000000000♠">−</span></td> <td><i>Moses Myers</i></td> <td align="center">1792</td> <td align="center">1802</td> <td align="right">9–10 years</td> <td><i>Acting rabbi</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠">5</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Hirschell" title="Solomon Hirschell">Solomon Hirschell</a></td> <td align="center">1802</td> <td align="center">1842</td> <td align="right">39–40 years</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠">6</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Marcus_Adler" title="Nathan Marcus Adler">Nathan Marcus Adler</a></td> <td align="center">1845</td> <td align="center">1890</td> <td align="right">44–45 years</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000700000000000000♠">7</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Adler" title="Hermann Adler">Hermann Adler</a></td> <td align="center">1891</td> <td align="center">1911</td> <td align="right">19–20 years</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="7000800000000000000♠">8</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Hertz" title="Joseph Hertz">Joseph Hertz</a></td> <td align="center">1913</td> <td align="center">1946</td> <td align="right">32–33 years</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cantors">Cantors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Synagogue_of_London&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cantors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Myer_Lyon" title="Myer Lyon">Myer Lyon</a> was <i><a href="/wiki/Hazzan" title="Hazzan">hazzan</a></i> at the Synagogue from 1767. For some time he also doubled as an opera singer at <a href="/wiki/Covent_Garden_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Covent Garden Theatre">Covent Garden Theatre</a> under the name 'Michael Leoni'. His rendering of prayers attracted many gentile visitors to the synagogue; amongst them was the <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> minister <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Olivers" title="Thomas Olivers">Thomas Olivers</a>, who adapted Leoni's rendition of the prayer <i><a href="/wiki/Yigdal" title="Yigdal">Yigdal</a></i> to create the English hymn, <i>The God of Abram Praise</i>; its melody still bears the title <i>Leoni</i> in <i><a href="/wiki/Hymns_Ancient_and_Modern" title="Hymns Ancient and Modern">Hymns Ancient and Modern</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From his arrival in England until his death in 1880 the Anglo-Jewish composer of synagogue music <a href="/wiki/Julius_Mombach" title="Julius Mombach">Julius Mombach</a> was associated with the Great Synagogue. He arrived in 1827 as <i>meshorrer</i> (<a href="/wiki/Choirboy" title="Choirboy">choirboy</a>) and eventually became the Synagogue's choir master. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_art">In art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_Synagogue_of_London&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1819 an <a href="/wiki/Aquatint" title="Aquatint">aquatint</a> of the interior was drawn by <a href="/wiki/Augustus_Charles_Pugin" title="Augustus Charles Pugin">Augustus Charles Pugin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rowlandson" title="Thomas Rowlandson">Thomas Rowlandson</a>, and originally published in the popular illustrated magazine of the period, <i><a href="/wiki/Ackermann%27s_Repository_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Ackermann's Repository of Arts">Ackermann's Repository of Arts</a></i>. Pugin drew a handsome representation of the <a href="/wiki/Ionic_order" title="Ionic order">Ionic</a> columns supporting the balconies and the classical decoration of the building. 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Kadish (1996), Chapter 4, by Clarence Epstein, The Architecture of the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wischnitzer, p.169.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">cited in Roth (1950), p.170</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Edgware_%26_Hendon_Reform_Synagogue" title="Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue">Edgware & Hendon Reform</a></li> <li>Finchley <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_Progressive_Synagogue" title="Finchley Progressive Synagogue">Progressive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_Reform_Synagogue" title="Finchley Reform Synagogue">Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finchley_United_Synagogue" title="Finchley United Synagogue">United</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golders_Green_Beth_Hamedrash" title="Golders Green Beth Hamedrash">Golders Green Beth Hamedrash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golders_Green_United_Synagogue" title="Golders Green United Synagogue">Golders Green United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampstead_Synagogue" title="Hampstead Synagogue">Hampstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kol_Chai_Hatch_End_Reform_Jewish_Community" title="Kol Chai Hatch End Reform Jewish Community">Kol Chai Hatch End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kol_Nefesh_Masorti_Synagogue" title="Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue">Kol Nefesh Masorti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauderdale_Road_Spanish_%26_Portuguese_Synagogue" title="Lauderdale Road Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue">Lauderdale Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Jewish_Synagogue" title="Liberal Jewish Synagogue">Liberal Jewish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machzike_Hadath" title="Machzike Hadath">Machzike Hadath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Hill_United_Synagogue" title="Mill Hill United Synagogue">Mill Hill United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosaic_Reform_Synagogue" title="Mosaic Reform Synagogue">Mosaic Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_London_Synagogue" title="New London Synagogue">New London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Stoke_Newington_Shul" title="New Stoke Newington Shul">New Stoke Newington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_West_End_Synagogue" title="New West End Synagogue">New West End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Western_Reform_Synagogue" title="North Western Reform Synagogue">North Western Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohel_David_Eastern_Synagogue" title="Ohel David Eastern Synagogue">Ohel David Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Synagogue" title="Richmond Synagogue">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saatchi_Synagogue" title="Saatchi Synagogue">Saatchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandys_Row_Synagogue" title="Sandys Row Synagogue">Sandys Row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sha%27arei_Tsedek_North_London_Reform_Synagogue" title="Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue">Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_London_Liberal_Synagogue" title="South London Liberal Synagogue">South London Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaks_Lane_Reform_Synagogue" title="Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue">Oaks Lane Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanmore_and_Canons_Park_Synagogue" title="Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue">Stanmore and Canons Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sternberg_Centre" title="Sternberg Centre">Sternberg Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukkat_Shalom_Reform_Synagogue" title="Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue">Sukkat Shalom Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_United_Synagogue" title="Wembley United Synagogue">Wembley United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_London_Synagogue" title="West London Synagogue">West London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Marble_Arch_Synagogue" title="Western Marble Arch Synagogue">Western Marble Arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Synagogue" title="Westminster Synagogue">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Wimbledon_Synagogue" title="The Wimbledon Synagogue">Wimbledon</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Former:</i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bayswater_Synagogue" title="Bayswater Synagogue">Bayswater</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dalston_Synagogue" title="Dalston Synagogue">Dalston</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dollis_Hill_Synagogue" title="Dollis Hill Synagogue">Dollis Hill</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fieldgate_Street_Great_Synagogue" 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href="/wiki/Birmingham_Central_Synagogue" title="Birmingham Central Synagogue">Birmingham Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackpool_Reform_Jewish_Congregation" title="Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation">Blackpool Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Community_Hebrew_Congregation" title="Bournemouth Community Hebrew Congregation">Bournemouth Hebrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth_Reform_Synagogue" title="Bournemouth Reform Synagogue">Bournemouth Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Synagogue" title="Bradford Synagogue">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_Progressive_Synagogue" title="Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue">Brighton and Hove Progressive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_and_Hove_Reform_Synagogue" title="Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue">Brighton and Hove Reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_Hebrew_Congregation" title="Bury Hebrew Congregation">Bury</a></li> <li><a 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