only lit by up to 240 candles and some electric lighting which was installed in 1928. A campaign has been launched to block the development with the Corporation of London saying no decision has been made. It is reported to have received 1,500 letters of objection. The alarm was raised by an article in The New York Times ahead of reporting by most of the British press. Members of the London Jewish community took to social media on the eve of Yom Kippur to draw attention to the threat to the synagogue including writer Simon Sebag-Montefiore and journalists Jonathan Freedland and Ben Judah. According to The New York Times, a report commissioned by the developers claims that the building would have no impact on the amount of natural light the synagogue receives. Associated people Sir Moses Montefiore Daniel Mendoza, English boxing champion Isaac D'Israeli (1766–1848), writer, scholar and man of letters, best known for his essays, his associations with other men of letters, and as the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli Joseph Dweck Aby Belasco, English bare-knuckle boxer References Sources Barnett, Richard D; Levy, Abraham (1998).The Bevis Marks Synagogue, London: The Society of Heshaim. Belinfante, Randall (2003), England and Bevis Marks Synagogue 1701–2003, HaLapid, Spring 2003. Retrieved 12 December 2021. Further information Gaster, Rabbi Moses (1901). History of the Ancient Synagogue of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Greene, Richard Allen. "At 300, Britain's oldest shul wants a brand-new image", Jewish Telegraphic Agency via Jweekly, 12 October 2001, accessed 23 November 2010. Hyamson, Moses (1951). The Sephardim of England: A History of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community 1492–1951, London. Hyamson, Moses (1951). Treasures of a London temple: A descriptive catalogue of the ritual plate, mantles and furniture of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Synagogue in Bevis Marks, London. ASIN B0000CI83D. Kadish, Sharman; Bowman, Barbara; and Kendall, Derek. (2001). Bevis Marks Synagogue 1701–2001: A Short History of the Building and an Appreciation of Its Architecture, English Heritage. Krinsky, Carol Herselle (1996). Synagogues of Europe: architecture, history, meaning, Courier Dover Publications, pp. 412–415. Paul, Lindsay (1993). The Synagogues of London, Vallentine Mitchell. Picciotto, James (1875). Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History, Trübner & Co. "Bevis Marks Synagogue", Jewish Communities and Records – UK'', hosted by jewishgen.org, page created 17 March 2003 with subsequent updates, accessed 24 November 2010. External links Rabbi Morris Blog (Official blog of Bevis Marks' Rabbi) Liturgical music of the