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According to JCR-UK<ref name="JCR">https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm</ref>:

:The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC) is an umbrella organisation of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jewish congregations, primarly in London. It was founded by the late Rabbi Dr. [[Victor Schonfeld]] in 1926 with the stated mission "to protect traditional Judaism" and has an affiliation of nearly 90 synagogues, as well as a number of educational institutions, which, while retaining their independence, accept the authority of the rabbinate of the UOHC.

:Membership of UOHC and other congregations of a similar ethos (which collectively the [[Board of Deputies]] refers to as "Strictly Orthodox") constituted some 13.5% of total synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2016, membership numbers having increased by a massive 139% over the preceding six years.<ref name="JN">"Jewish News", Issue No. 1010, 6 July 2017, pp. 1 & 4, quoting report by Board of Deputies Policy Research, carried out between April and September 2016.</ref> The synagogues or bethei hamedresh of these congregations, situated mainly in London and Manchester, are much smaller, on average, than those of other strands of Judaism, having an average only 63 members per congregation. The number of such synagogues constitute some 37.4% of all British synagogues, being nearly three time the synagogue membership percentage.<ref name="JN"/>

As can be seen from the names of some of the congregations below significant numbers are from [[Hasidic dynasties]] including the {|class="wikitable"
[[Belz (Hasidic dynasty)|Belz]] | [[Biala (Hasidic dynasty)|Biala]] | [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobov]] | [[Bobov-45]] | [[Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)|Breslov]] | [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] | [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Ger]]/[[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Gur]] | [[Karlin-Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)|Karlin-Stolin]] | [[Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)|Sanz-Klausenburg]] | [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] | [[Skver (Hasidic dynasty)|Skver]] | [[Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok|Toldos&nbsp;Avrohom&nbsp;Yitzchok]] | [[Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Vizhnitz]].

==People==
===Trustees===
{| class="wikitable" float="right" align="right" width="30%"
!colspan="4" | Trustees of the UOHC
|-
! Name !! Role !!Date Of Appointment !! Other Trusteeships
|-
|[[Jehudah Baumgarten]] || Trustee || 22 July 2020 || [[British Friends Of The Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity]] ([[Kollel Shomrei Hachomos]]) | [[UOHC Foundation]] | [[Keren Yesomim]] | [[Resolve Now ]] | [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] | [[The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust]] | [[Nachlath Sholomo Ltd]] | [[UOHC Foundation Ltd]] | [[Chinuch UK Limited]] | [[Cosmon (Belz) Limited]]
|-
|[[Chaim Pinter]] || Trustee || 22 July 2020 || [[Be'er Miriam Trust]] | [[Yesodey Hatorah Trust]]
|-
|[[Robert Grussgott ]]|| Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[The Eliezer Foundation]] | [[Borbat Limited]] | [[Bikur Cholim Limited]] | [[The Zeire Agudath Israel General Charitable Trust]] | [[Britefield Trust]] | [[Agudas Israel Organisation Of Great Britain]] | [[A T.I.M.E. Limited]] | [[Agudas Israel Community Services]]
|-
|[[Shalom Seidenfeld ]]|| Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[United Talmudical Associates Ltd]] | [[Friends Of Yeshiva Luzern]] | [[Luzern Yeshiva Talmudical College]] | [[Y G S Yeshiva Gedola Seminar]] | [[Palmcourt Limited ]]
|-
|[[Schloime Rand]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Ranbell Ltd]] | [[Cosmon (Belz) Limited]] | [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] | [[Belz Foundation Ltd]] | [[Alglen Limited]] | [[Bourneheights Limited]]
|-
|[[Abraham Schreiber]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Ringtrop Limited]] | [[Kids Konnect Ltd.]] | [[Tiferet Torah]] | [[Friends Of Chosen Yeshias]]
|-
|[[Benjamin Stern]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Yad Shlomo Trust]] | [[Hatzola Trust Limited]] | [[Hatzola Trust]] | [[Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited]] | [[Schiffshul Ltd]]
|-
|[[Ahron Klein]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Moreshet Hatorah Ltd]] | [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] | [[Yedidim Association Ltd]] | [[Belz Foundation Ltd]] | [[Children Ahead Ltd]]
|-
|[[Chaim Solomon Goldman]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Hatzola Trust Limited]] | [[Hatzola Trust]]
|-
|[[Zalman Roth]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Technology Awareness Group]] | [[Vaidichka]] | [[Beis Shuloim Ltd]]
|-
|[[Nathan Benjamin Bindinger]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Darkei Chaim]] | [[Yesamach Levav]] | [[Kehal Charedim Trust]]
|-
|[[Mordechai Steren]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Viznitz Institutions Trust]] | [[Blossoms London Ltd]]
|-
|[[Ahron Rand]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || None On Record
|-
|[[Michael Just]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || None On Record
|-
|[[Joshua Muller]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || None On Record
|-
|[[Victor Brinner]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || None On Record
|-
|[[Benzion Goldstein]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Beis Yaakov London Seminary]]
|-
|[[Aron Goldman]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Talmud Torah D'chasidei Gur Limited]]
|-
|[[Daniel Joshua Ost]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Woodlands Green Ltd]] | [[The TMC Trust Limited]]
|-
|[[Jacob Goldman]] || Trustee || 27 January 2016 || [[Gerer Shtiebel Synagogue]] | [[Yeshivas Lev Simcha Limited]] | [[Kupat Ezer Lenisuin Beth Yisroel]] | [[Ichud Mosdos Gur Limited]] | [[Reach Out UK]]
|-
|[[Myer Bernard Rothfeld]] || Trustee || 27 January 2016 || [[Resolve Now]]
|-
|[[Benjamin Roth]] || Trustee || 27 January 2016 || [[Reach Out UK]]
|-
|[[Michael Lobenstein]] || Trustee || 27 January 2016 || None On Record
|-
|[[Moses Theo Bibelman]] || Trustee || 27 January 2016 || [[(Trust Property Held In Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue]]
|-
|[[Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater]] || Trustee || 29 August 2013 || [[Regent Charities Limited]] | [[Service To The Aged]] | [[Sassov Beis Hamedrash]] | [[The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association]] | [[Beth Jacob Grammar School For Girls Limited]] | [[Mayfair Charities Limited]]
|-
|[[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] || Trustee || 29 August 2013 || [[UOHC Properties Ltd]] | [[Trenhill Limited]] | [[UOHC Supervision Ltd]] | [[Beis Brucha Ltd]] | [[Beis Yaakov Girls School Limited]]
|}
==Synagogues==
Most of the affillated congregations are to be found in the London suburbs of Stamford Hill, Golders Green, Hendon and Edgware.<ref name="JCR"/>

===London - Stamford Hill and District===

[[Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue]]* (formerly [[Ahavat Yisrael Synagogue]], [[Ahvas Torah Synagogue]]) | [[Amhurst Park Synagogue]] | [[Amhurst Synagogue of the Ezra Noar Agudati]] | [[Atereth Zvi Beth Hamedrash]] (formerly [[Damesek Eliezer Beth Hamedrash]]) | [[Beis Gavriel Lubavitch]]◊ - Hendon | [[Beis Hamedresh Biala]]* (formerly [[Birkas Zvi Biala]])]] | [[Beis Hamedash D'Chasidei Satmar]] - Bethune Road* | [[Beis Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev]] - Craven Walk* | [[Beis Hamedrash Maharim Dushinsky]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash Noam Hatorah]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash 'Oraysoh]]'* | [[Beis Hamedrash Sharei Shulem Tchabe]]* | [[Beis Hamedash Tehillois Yoel]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash V'Yoel Moshe]]* | [[Beis Kossov]]* | [[Beis Sholem D'Sholtz*(formerly Beit Sholom Synagogue)]] | [[Beis Nadvorna Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Beis Yitzchak Dovid, Avreichei Gur]]* | [[Beth Chodesh Synagogue]]* | [[Beth Ephraim Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Beth Hachnesseth Schomre Hadass]] | [[Beth Hamedrash (Lordship Road)]] | [[Beth Hamedrash Cheishev Hoeifod]]* | [[Beth Hamedrash D'Chasidei Wiznitz]]* | [[Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Cazenove Road]]* | [[Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Clapton Common]]* | [[Beth Israel (Trisker) Synagogue]] | [[Beth Joseph Synagogue]] | [[Beth Joseph Zvi]]* | [[Beth Levy Synagogue]] | [[Beth Talmud Centre]]* | [[Beth Yisroel Synagogue]] | [[Biala (Chelkas Yehoshua) Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Biala Synagogue]] | [[Brith Sholom Society]] | [[Cazenove Road Beth Hamedash]] | [[Central Hackney Synagogue]] | [[Chabad Synagogue]] | [[Chasidey Alexander Me'oron Shel Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]]* - N16 | [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]]* - E5 | [[Chasidey Bobov-45 Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Bobov Ohel Naphtali and Yeshiva Bnei Zion Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Gur (Avreichium) Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Chasidey Ryzhin Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Sanz-Klausenburg Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Skver Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Wiznitz-Monsey Imrey Chaim  Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Cheishev Sofer D'Pressburg Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chevras Shass Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Chida Beit Knesset]] | [[Clapton Orthodox Synagogue]] | [[Commercial Street Tamud Torah]]◊ - Stamford Hill | [[Halaser Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash]] (formerly [[Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Heichal Hatorah]]* | [[Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Kehal Chassidim D'Munkatch Synagogue]]* (formerly [[Kehillath Chasidim Synagogue]]) | [[Kehileth Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Knightland Road Synagogue]]* | [[Kol Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Lieger Beth Hamedrash Torah Chaim]]* - Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton (also incorporating [[Ohel Shmuel Sholem Beth Hamedrash]]; [[Torah Chaim Beth Hemedrash]]) | [[Lubavitch Synagogue]]* | [[Mesifta Synagogue]]* | [[Moriah Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Nachlei Emunah Chasidey Kretchif]]* | [[Northfield Synagogue]] | [[Northwold Road Synagogue (formerly Ohel Israel Beth Hamedrash, Brooke Road Synagogue)]] | [[Nusach Ari Synagogue]] | [[O'hal Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Ohel Moshe Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Ohel Yaakov Beiss Hamedrash (Pshevorsk)]]* | [[Or Israel Synagogue]] | [[Rosener Synagogue]] | [[Satmar Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev]]* | [[Sdei Chemed D'Nitra Beth Hamedash]]* | [[Sharei Zion Beth Hamedrash (formerly Seven Sister Road Hebrew Congregation)]] | [[Spinke Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Springfield Synagogue /Ohal Jacob Synagogue]]◊ | [[Stamford Hill Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Stanislowa Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Stolin Karlin]]* | [[Succath Sholom Synagogue]] | [[Talmud Study Circle (formerly South Hackney Talmud Torah)]] | [[Tchechenover Synagogue]] | [[Tiferez Amrom Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Torah Etz Chayim Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Zeire Yisroel Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Walford Road Synagogue]]◊ | [[Victory Hebrew Friendly Society]] | [[Yeshiva Horomoh Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Yeshivas Ahavas Torah]]* ([[Heichal Tiferes Zvi]]) | [[Yeshivas Toras Chesed]]* | [[Yeshuath Chaim Synagogue]]* | [[Yesodey Hatorah Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Voydislav Synagogue]]) | [[Yotzei Teimon Beis Hamedrash]] | [[Zeire Agudath Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* ([[Beth Hamedrash of the Agudah Youth Movement]])

===London - East End (E1)===

[[Beth Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Beth Sholom Synagogue]] | [[Commercial Street Tamud Torah]]◊ (also known [[Christian Street Synagogue]]) | [[Hebrew Centre Synagogue]] | [[Jewish Centre Synagogue]] | [[Kehal Chasidim Synagogue]] | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]] later NW2, ([[Premishlaner Rabbi's Synagogue)]] | [[Kehillath Moshe Anshe Belz Synagogue]] | [[Mile End Talmud Torah "Yavnah" Synagogue]] | [[Nezach Israel Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Ohavei Emeth Synagogue]] | [[Sons of Grodno Society]] | [[Special Society "Bikur Cholim"]] 

===London - Golders Green (NW11)===

[[Beis Hamedrash Avreichim Golders Green]]* | [[Beth Abraham (Goschalks) Synagogue]]* | [[Beth Shmuel Synagogue]]* | [[Beth Yisochor Dov Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[North-West Sephardish Synagogue]]) | [[Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash]]*(BS) (formerly [[Adath Yeshurun Synagogue]]) | [[Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Ryzin - Sadigur Or Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Congregation Chovevei Torah]]* | [[Divrei Chaim Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Etz Chaim Yeshiva]]* | [[Finchley Road Synagogue]]* (also known as [[Sasover Finchley Road Synagogue]]) | [[Golders Green Beth Hamedrash]]*(BS) (formerly [[Golders Green  Beth Hamedrash and Lincoln Centre]]) | [[Heichal Menachem]]* | [[Kehal Chassidim Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash]]) | [[Kehillos Yaakov Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Knesset Yehezkel Beth Hamedrash]]*(BS) | [[Kol Jacob Synagogue]] | [[North West London (Golders Green) Synagogue]]◊

===London - Hendon (NW4)===

[[Beis Gavriel Lubavitch]]* | [[Heichal Leah]]* | [[Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue]]* | [[Hendon Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Hendon Beth Hamedrash Shaare Avraham]] | [[North Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue]]~~(BS) (formerly [[North Hendon Synagogue]]) | [[Ohel Israel (Skoler) Synagogue]]* | [[Shivtei Israel Hekhal Leah]]◊ (a Sephardi congregation) | [[Southfields Synagogue]] | [[Sunny Hill Adath Yisroel Synagogue]] |

===London - Others Areas===

[[Canonbury Bikur Cholim Synagogue]] - N5 | [[Cricklewood Beth Hamedresh]] ([[Keser Torah D'Radzin Synagogue]])◊ ([[Rav. Finklestein's Minyan]]) | [[Deneburger Friendly Society]] - East Twickenham | [[Dollis Hill Beth Hamedrash ]](Rav. Yehudalieb's Minyan) - NW10 | [[Edgware Adath Yisroel Congregation]]*(BS) | [[Edmonton & District Hebrew Congregation]] - N18 | [[Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash]] - N2 | [[Goldblum Synagogue]] - Highbury, N5| [[Hampstead Adath Yisroel Congregation]]◊ - [[Sarah Klausner Memorial Synagogue]] - NW6 | [[Ilford Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]] - N2 | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]], NW2, previously E.1 ([[Premishlaner Rabbi's Synagogue]]) | [[Kingsley Way Beth Hamedrash]]* - N2 | [[Kol Yaacov Beis Hamedrash]]~ - Edgware | [[Lubavitch of Edgware]]* | [[Machzikei Hadass Edgware Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Old Hampstead Synagogue]] - NW3 | [[Palmers Green Synagogue]] - N11 | [[Tree of Life Synagogue]] (formerly [[Highbury New Park Synagogue]] / [[Beth Hamedrash]]) - N5

===Provincial & Outer London===

[[Bletchley Hebrew Congregation]] | [[Gateshead Kolel Synagogue]]~ | Glasgow - [[Yeshivah Synagogue]] | Leeds - [[Shalom Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Staines Hebrew Congregation]] (formerly [[Law of Life College and Synagogue]]) | [[Sunderland Yeshiva Synagogue]] | [[Yeshivas Ohr Torah]]~ (formerly Yeshivas Toras Chessed) - Great Offley, near Hitchin, Herts
====Manchester====
[[Ohel Torah Synagogue]]◊  [[Shomre Shabbas Synagogue]] | [[Shotzer Beth Hamidrash]] | [[Sellel & Psalms Synagogue]] | [[Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue]]~



*~ A congregation that is still active.

*~~(BS) An active independent congregation that left the UOHC and is still affiliated its Burial Society.

*◊ A congregation that left the UOHC and became affiliated to the [[Federation of Synagogues]] or independent but did not remain affiliated to the UOHC's Burial Society.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Synagogue movements UK]]