Our community began in 1883, when Birmingham’s Ashkenazi Orthodox community met in a private house on Belgrave Road. It moved to Wrottesley Street in 1900 and to Bristol Street in 1928, where the congregation worshipped in a former Methodist hall.
In 1961, a determined group of community members acquired a large site in Edgbaston and built a 700-seat synagogue and community hall. More than fifty years later, an ambitious redevelopment transformed the site. In 2013, the congregation moved into the modern Birmingham Central Synagogue and Community Centre, with a purpose-built synagogue, function hall, kitchen, classrooms and community lounge.
Today, Birmingham Central combines tradition with a welcoming, forward-looking approach. Our services, learning, social activities and pastoral care support people at different stages of Jewish life and at different levels of observance. We are proud to serve Birmingham, the wider West Midlands and the many visitors who join us from across the UK and overseas.