United Synagogue
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The United Synagogue is the largest umbrella body for Orthodox Judaism in Britain. It is structured as a charity which serves the British Jewish community in the broadest possible way. One of the larg
Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi and founder of the United Synagogue
Egerton Road synagogue
Orthodox Judaism
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Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as literally revealed
United Synagogue
…The United Synagogue (US) is the largest umbrella body for Orthodox Judaism in Britain. It is structured as a charity which serves the British Jewish community in the broadest possible way. One of the largest charities in the…
A Jewish man pilloried in the synagogue, a common punishment in the pre-emancipation Jewish community in Europe.
Moses Sofer of Pressburg, considered the father of Orthodoxy in general and ultra-Orthodoxy in particular.
Isaac Bernays in clerical vestments. The ministerial style of dress seen here was ubiquitous among Central and Western European (neo)-Orthodox Jews.
Young Samson Raphael Hirsch, the ideologue of Orthodox secession in Germany.