United Synagogue

==History==

==History==

[[File:NathanMarcusAdler.jpg|alt=Image of Nathan Marcus Adler|left|thumb|240x240px|Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi and founder of the United Synagogue]]

[[File:NathanMarcusAdler.jpg|alt=Image of Nathan Marcus Adler|left|thumb|240x240px|Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi and founder of the United Synagogue]]

The United Synagogue was mandated by an [[Act of Parliament]] in 1870,<ref name="Newman" /> granting formal recognition to a union of five London communities (the Great Synagogue, the Hambro' Synagogue and the New Synagogue, along with Central Synagogue (a branch of the Great) and Bayswater Synagogue (a branch of the Great and the New together)). This coming together was forged by [[Nathan Marcus Adler]],<ref name="Newman" /> who bore the title of ''Chief Rabbi of the British Empire''. Leaders of the organisation included [[Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild]], who served as president in 1910.

The United Synagogue was mandated by an [[Act of Parliament]] in 1870,<ref name="Newman" /><ref>[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/33-34/116/pdfs/ukla_18700116_en.pdf 1870 c. cxvi] at the National Archives website</ref> granting formal recognition to a union of five London communities (the Great Synagogue, the Hambro' Synagogue and the New Synagogue, along with Central Synagogue (a branch of the Great) and Bayswater Synagogue (a branch of the Great and the New together)). This coming together was forged by [[Nathan Marcus Adler]],<ref name="Newman" /> who bore the title of ''Chief Rabbi of the British Empire''. Leaders of the organisation included [[Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild]], who served as president in 1910.

At the time of its inception, the United Synagogue was the dominant force in Jewish communal and religious organisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14591-united-synagogue|title=United Synagogue|publisher=[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]]|date=1909|access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> [[Eastern European Jews]] who immigrated from the 1880s onwards brought with them a tendency to pray in small synagogues rather than large ones with English formalities.

At the time of its inception, the United Synagogue was the dominant force in Jewish communal and religious organisation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14591-united-synagogue|title=United Synagogue|publisher=[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]]|date=1909|access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> [[Eastern European Jews]] who immigrated from the 1880s onwards brought with them a tendency to pray in small synagogues rather than large ones with English formalities.