 A permanent edifice at St John's Wood, with a capacity of 1,400 people and designed by architect Ernest Joseph, was dedicated on 13 September 1925.Leo Baeck, an internationally famous rabbi and Holocaust survivor, served as the synagogue's president (Fox 2011).Lily Montagu was a spiritual as well as a lay leader at the synagogue and a member of the LJS Council from its inception until her death (Fox 2011).