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The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations of England was founded in 1926 to protect traditional Judaism. It acts as an umbrella organisation for the chareidi Jewish community in London and comprises over a hundred synagogues and educational institutions. It is responsible for all areas of chareidi Jewish life in London. Its institutions include, but are not limited to, Stamford Hill
Stamford Hill

Stamford Hill is a place in the north of the London Borough of Hackney, England, near the border with London Borough of Haringey. It is home to Europe's largest Hasidic Judaism community....
, Golders Green
Golders Green

Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road....
, Hendon
Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
 and Edgware
Edgware

Edgware is a suburb of North London situated north-west of Charing Cross. It should not be confused with Edgware Road, some miles to the south....
.

Rabbinate
The spiritual leadership of UOHC is in the hands of its Rabbinate, led by the Av Beis Din.






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The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations of England was founded in 1926 to protect traditional Judaism. It acts as an umbrella organisation for the chareidi Jewish community in London and comprises over a hundred synagogues and educational institutions. It is responsible for all areas of chareidi Jewish life in London. Its institutions include, but are not limited to, Stamford Hill
Stamford Hill

Stamford Hill is a place in the north of the London Borough of Hackney, England, near the border with London Borough of Haringey. It is home to Europe's largest Hasidic Judaism community....
, Golders Green
Golders Green

Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road....
, Hendon
Hendon

Hendon is a London suburb situated 7 miles north west of Charing Cross....
 and Edgware
Edgware

Edgware is a suburb of North London situated north-west of Charing Cross. It should not be confused with Edgware Road, some miles to the south....
.

Activities


  • The Kedassia kashruth organisation
  • UOHC is responsible for the management of the Beis Brucha
    Agudas Israel Housing Association

    Agudas Israel Housing Association, also known by the acronym AIHA, was set up in 1981 as a campaign organisation to drawattention to the housing problems of the Orthodox Judaism in the Stamford Hill area of North London, in the London Borough of Hackney....
     Mother & Baby Home, which provides short-term care for mothers and new-born babies after childbirth.
  • North London Chevra Kadisha
    Chevra Kadisha

    A chevra kadisha is a loosely structured but generally closed organization of Jewish men and women who see to it that the bodies of Jews are prepared for burial according to Halacha and are protected from desecration, willful or not, until burial....
  • North West London Chevra Kadisha
  • Courts
    Beth din

    A beth din, beit din or beis din is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Land of Israel....
     for litigation in Stamford Hill (registrar: JR Conrad) and Golders Green (registrar: Rabbi Matisyohu Lawrence)
  • Beis Horo'o (advice centre for questions of Jewish Law)


Rabbinate


The spiritual leadership of UOHC is in the hands of its Rabbinate, led by the Av Beis Din. Its first head was Rabbi Dr Avigdor Schonfeld. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld
Solomon Schonfeld

Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld was a United Kingdom rabbi who is heralded as one of the most remarkable, yet least known of the Holocaust heroes....
, who also founded the JSSM (Jewish Secondary School Movement).

From 1955 to 2000 the Av Beis Din was the posek
Posek

Posek is the term in Halakha for "decider"?a legal scholar who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive....
 Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padwa
Chanoch Dov Padwa

Rabbi Chanoch Dov Padwa was a world-renowned Orthodox Judaism posek, Talmudist and rabbinic leader....
. He was succeeded in 2000 by the present incumbent, his son Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim Padwa.

The Rosh Beis Din was Rabbi Josef Hirsch Dunner
Josef Hirsch Dunner

Rabbi Josef Hirsch Dunner , aka Harav Yosef Tzvi Haleivi Dunner, was a distinguished Haredi rabbi from Germany, who spent most of his life in London, England....
 until his death in 2007. Rabbi Dunner named his son Rabbi Aaron Dovid Dunner as his desired successor to the post. The Executive Committee of UOHC however, resolved to discontinue the title of Rosh Beis Din, leaving Rabbi Padwa as the sole rabbinical head of the UOHC.

Lay Management


The lay management is its Executive Committee, elected triennially by the UOHC, whose members are appointed by the constituent synagogues.

Synagogues affiliated to UOHC

  • Adath Yisroel Synagogue
  • Adath Yisroel Tottenham Beth Hamedrash
  • Kol Yaakov Beis HaMedrash Edgware
  • Machzikei Hadass Edgware
  • Beis Shmuel Synagogue
  • Divrei Chaim Beis Hamedrash
  • Ohel Moshe


Schools associated with UOHC

  • Beis Chinuch Lebonos
  • Beis Malka
  • Beis Rochel Satmar
  • Beis Soroh Schneirer
  • Beis Trane
  • Beis Yaakov Grammar School
  • Beis Yaakov Primary School
    Beis Yaakov Primary School

    Beis Yaakov Primary School is a voluntary-aided primary school, for girls aged 3 to 11 from Orthodox Jewish families, situated in north-west London....
  • B'nos Yerusholayim
  • Bobov Foundation
  • Getter's Talmud Torah
    Getter's Talmud Torah

    Getter's Talmud Torah also known as Beis Shlomo Cheder is an orthodox Jewish primary school in Stamford Hill, London. The school is associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and caters for boys aged 3 to 13....
  • Hasmonean High School
    Hasmonean High School

    Hasmonean High School is a voluntary aided, comprehensive school, for pupils aged 11 to 18 from Orthodox Jewish families, situated in the London Borough of Barnet....
     (via the JSSM)
  • Hasmonean Preparatory School (via the JSSM)
  • Kisharon Day School and College (Independent but with UOHC representation on its board)
  • Pardes House Primary School
    Pardes House Primary School

    Pardes House Primary School is a voluntary-aided primary school, maintained by the London Borough of Barnet, for boys aged 4 to 11 from Orthodox Jewish families....


  • Avigdor Primary School (closed 2005) was associated with the UOHC via the JSSM


Neturei Karta funding controversy

In July 2006, the Jewish Chronicle wrote that the UOHC's accounts appeared to show it had given a London-based charity associated with Neturei Karta
Neturei Karta

Neturei Karta , also self-identifying by the English name Jews United Against Zionism, is a small Haredi Judaism Jewish group formally created in 1935, that opposes Zionism and calls for a dismantling of the State of Israel, in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah....
 more than £58,000 in grants. This prompted some members of the Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue to review its affiliation with the UOHC. The synagogue resolved to remain affiliated.

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