On behalf of the Security Management Team, welcome to Edgware Masorti Synagogue.

We would love to operate an "open door" policy, but this is not possible at the moment for reasons that are, tragically, all too obvious.

To ensure the safety of staff, members and visitors, there is always a security team on duty. Anyone attending the building is questioned as a matter of course before being admitted and all bags are subject to routine search.

We hope you won't be put off by these necessary precautions; that is not the object of the exercise. Our aim is for those in the Shul to know that they are quite safe. So we would ask you please not to be offended when you are stopped, questioned or searched. There is a large security rota and you may not be recognised on every visit if the team is different from one you have previously met.

All members of the team are fully trained in all aspects of security and we work closely with the Metropolitan Police, Edgware SNT and the CST, both of whom can provide immediate assistance if requested. We also co-opearte closely with other shuls in our locality and we all provide mutual assitance when required.

If you would like to be trained to assist with security, if only on the High Holy Days, please contact the Security Management Team via the Shul office on 020-8905 4096.

We acknowledge the web site of Jackson Row Shul, Manchester, which forms the inspiration and basis of this page.