Editing Golders Green (section)

=== Synagogues ===
There are several [[synagogue]]s in the area. The first, [[Golders Green United Synagogue (Dunstan Road)]], started in 1915 and its current building in Dunstan Road opened in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldersgreenshul.org.uk/|title=Golders Green Synagogue}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helen-fry.com/anglo-jewish-history/golders-green-synagogue-the-first-100-years/|title=Golders Green Synagogue: The First 100 Years|work=Helen Fry}}</ref> The Golders Green Beth Hamedrash opened in Golders Green in 1934, moving to the Riding in 1956. The Sassover Beis Hamedrash Helenslea Avenue moved to Golders Green from the [[East End]] in 1939 as well as the Beis Yissochor Dov (Hager's) currently in Highfield Avenue and the Hendon Adass on Brent Street.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}

The  [[Beth Shmuel Synagogue]] in 1942 in Oakfields Road and relocated at 169–171 Golders Green Road in 1945<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=26890|title=Hendon: Judaism|work=british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> and is one of the most prominent synagogues in North West London, with Grand Rabbi Elchonon Halpern its longest serving Rabbi for 72 years up until his passing in 2015. In about 1960 the [[Sephardi Jews|Eastern Jewish Community]] established the [[Ohel David Eastern Synagogue]] at the Lincoln Institute, the former site of the Golders Green Beth Hamedrash.<ref>[http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-uk/London/golders_ohel_seph/index.htm Jewish Communities & Records] 14 December 2011 Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref> The [[Machzike Hadath]] Synagogue moved to Golders Green in the 1970s, opening its present building in 1983.<ref>[http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/London/EE_machzike/Index.htm Jewish Communities & Records] 12 December 2011 Retrieved 1 May 2012</ref>