Periodically we hold civic and other services, notably for Holocaust Memorial Day.

In March 2008, we held a civic service to commemorate 150th anniversary of the election of Lazarus Magnus as Mayor of Queenborough.

The synagogue was built by Simon Magnus in memory of his son Lazarus (photo on left) who died tragically at the age of 39.

For further details, please visit our Magnus page.

The Mayors of Queenborough, Medway and Ramsgate and consorts with Jon Weiner and Gabriel Lancaster from the synagogue at the civic service to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the election of Lazarus Magnus as Mayor of Queenborough.

The Mayor of Ramsgate can be seen wearing the chain of office presented by Sir Moses Monefiore who incidentally was a member of the Magnus family.

The service was conducted by Revd Malcolm Weisman OBE, Minister for Small Communities together with Rabbi Cliff Cohen of Thanet and District Reform Synagogue and Jon Weiner, David Herling and Gabriel Lancaster from the Chatham Memorial Synagogue.

The synagogue plays an active part in conjunction with Medway council, Rochester Cathedral, Medway Inter-Faith Action Forum and the Medway Youth Parliament in the planning of the annual Medway commemorative event for Holocaust Memorial Day.

The event is held in the synagogue every third January with events in Rochester Cathedral and civic venues in the other years. The event has been held 3 times in the synagogue, on one occasion as part of a Friday evening service. At the 2003 event, the beautiful stained glass window shown below was unveiled by the Mayor of Medway, Cllr Ted Baker.

Service of Rembrance and Renewal

We held a Service of Remembrance and Renewal on Sunday 14 April 2002. The service was conducted jointly by representatives of Chatham Memorial Synagogue, Bromley Reform Synagogue and Kent Liberal Jewish Community. Further details and photos can be obtained by clicking the Renewal page.

Chatham Memorial Synagogue is a registered charity - No. 800902        Website last updated 27 April 2012