The US: 150 Years of Service: Illustrated by 150 Orders of Service and Key Artefacts From the Collection of Professor David Latchman. This item is unavailable.The US: 150 Years of Service: Illustrated by 150 Orders of Service and Key Artefacts From the Collection of Professor David Latchman

For 150 years The United Synagogue has marked key events with services of thanksgiving, intercession and celebration. This book opens a window into the community which has never been seen in its entirety before. The US, established by an Act of Parliament, is the bedrock of the Anglo Jewish community. Orders of service contain prayers said in synagogues to commemorate someone or something: a memorial, opening a building or, a royal occasion. In this ground-breaking book you will find a selection of rare Judaica, the order of service marking the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the coronation of King George VI or the end of World War II. These orders of service are grouped by theme: Monarchy, Chief Rabbis, Lifecycle, Religious Life, Persecution and War and Israel and Zionism. In the book you can see letters to Montefiore concerning prayers of thanksgiving following the attempted assassination of Queen Victoria, Chief Rabbi Hertz standing in the bombed ruins of the Great Synagogue and the kosher china used on Cunard liners. As a reference volume or just to read and reflect on 150 years of the United Synagogue and its unique position in British society, this is a very special book.

The United Synagogue was formed by an Act of Parliament in 1870 when three major Ashkenazi synagogues in the City of London - The Great, The Hambro and The New, and two West End synagogues - the Central and Bayswater joined together. The vision of Nathan Meyer Rothschild in 1823 and then Lionel Louis Cohen and Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler to unify and strengthen London Jewry was realised. Representing central Orthodox Judaism, with some 60 congregations, comprising 40,000 members, the United Synagogue is the largest synagogue body in Europe with the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth the spiritual head. The United Synagogue is still the only Jewish religious body established by an act of secular legislature and is hugely influential with communities in London and across the UK. David Latchman CBE is a renowned British geneticist and university leader. He is Vice Chancellor of Birkbeck, University of London and Professor of Genetics at Birkbeck and University College, London. He is chair of the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation.