Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue, Palmeira Avenue

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Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue, Palmeira Avenue

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 3 Mar 2007

There are three synagogues in this square alone reflecting the prominent part played by the Jewish population of the city. Palmeira Avenue is named after a titled bestowed on Sir Isaac Goldsmid, a local landowner who developed this part of the estate, by the Portuguese government. Goldsmid named many roads after members of his family and even today the local council ward for the area is known as Goldsmid. Sir Isaac was also an early proponent of Reform Judaism in the country. The building as far as I am aware was built in the mid 1950s.

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