United Synagogue - Timeline

Timeline

1690 - Foundation of the Great Synagogue

1707 - Hambro' Synagogue established

1761 - New Synagogue established

1837 - New Synagogue moves to Great St. Helens

1845 - Nathan Marcus Adler becomes Chief Rabbi

1855 - Central Synagogue established

1863 - Bayswater Synagogue established

1870 - The five Ashkenazi Synagogues join to form the United Synagogue

1891 - Hermann Marcus Adler succeeds his father as Chief Rabbi

1913 - Joseph Herman Hertz becomes Chief Rabbi

1914 - United Synagogue comprises 21 communities

1931–38 - Nineteen more communities join

1939 - United Synagogue comprises 52 communities

1945–55 - Thirty more communities join

1948 - Israel Brodie becomes Chief Rabbi

1967 - Immanuel Jakobovits becomes Chief Rabbi

1991 - Jonathan Sacks becomes Chief Rabbi

1995 - 125th Anniversary Celebrations

2003 - Tribe (Young United Synagogue) launched

2008 - United Synagogue comprises over 60 communities