Tucked into the corner of St James’s Gardens in Holland Park, London W11, is the Holland Park Sephardi Synagogue. Its history and origins are extremely interesting as are its unique services and liturgy.

It was founded in the early 20th century by a community of Sephardi Jews who had come to England to better themselves economically when they foresaw the decline of the Turkish Empire.

They lived first in the City of London and gradually made their way west as more and more families arrived, mainly from Salonika in Greece and Constantinople (now Istanbul) in Turkey.

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