The Jews' Temporary Shelter is a charity in London which helps homeless Jews.
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Around 1879, a Polish immigrant baker, Samuel Cohen, began to shelter Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe (particularly ]Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
and Russia
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) in his bakery in Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a district in East London and the future administrative centre of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a part of the East End of London, east of Charing Cross. Part of the historic county of Middlesex, the area formed ...
's Church Lane.[ The accommodation was improvised with sacks of flour being used as bedding and, in 1885, a sanitary inspector closed it.][ A public meeting was held at the Jewish Working Men's Club and a group of wealthy Jews led by Hermann Landau, established the Poor Jews' Temporary Shelter.][ The first location was in Great Garden Street but a more permanent shelter was established in ]Leman Street
Leman Street, once known as Lemon Street, is a street in Tower Hamlets. It was built in the seventeenth century as part of the development of Goodman's Fields. It is named after John Leman who was responsible for this development, which also incl ...
on 11 April 1886.[
In 1973, the Shelter relocated to Willesden.]
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Homeless shelters in the United Kingdom
Jewish charities based in the United Kingdom
Jewish relief organizations
Jews and Judaism in London
Polish-Jewish culture in the United Kingdom
Russian-Jewish diaspora in Europe