Thursday, May 28th, 2009...4:46 pm
£250,000 to Save Sandys Row
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photo by ShalomNewYork.com
“London’s oldest Ashkenazi synagogue was this week awarded a repair grant of more than £250,000 amid warnings that two of the beams supporting the historic building could collapse if essential work was not carried out. Following the discovery last September that two of the four supports for the centuries-old roof at Sandys Row Synagogue were completely rotten, emergency temporary measures were taken to ensure the roof would not give way in the short-term and to guarantee the safety of those using the building - which was originally created as a chapel for a congregation of French Huguenots in 1766 before being consecrated as a shul in 1870.” more@TotallyJewish.com
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