LOHC member Robin Makin has planned an impressive programme of around 40 events to mark the anniversary.

The events take place over a six-month period from September 8 till the end of February.

The Princes Road building was consecrated by Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler on September 3, 1874.

Appropriately, present Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis will be the keynote speaker at this year’s celebrations on September 8 in the concert room of the grand St George’s Hall, where in February, 1874, a Hebrew Ladies Bazaar raised the then magnificent sum of £3,000 for the new building.

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