The following list of chief rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth gives information regarding the Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue, which is represented through the mainstream majority Orthodox community of the United Kingdom (as the oldest and original denomination), and various other Orthodox communities located within the Commonwealth of Nations. The Chief Rabbi's full title is the "Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth", previously "... of the British Empire". His title and position has historically, since 1758, been considered to be the Jewish community in Britain's equivalent of the Archbishop of Canterbury. List See also Chief Rabbi British Jews History of the Jews in England History of the Jews in Scotland History of the Jews in Wales History of the Jews in Northern Ireland References Further reading Meir Persoff, Faith Against Reason: Religious Reform and the British Chief Rabbinate 1840-1990, London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2008 Meir Persoff, Hats in the Ring: Choosing Britain’s Chief Rabbis from Adler to Sacks, Academic Studies Press, 2013 Benjamin J. Elton, Britain's Chief Rabbis and the Religious Character of Anglo-Jewry, 1880–1970, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009 Danny Rich, What is Wrong with the Chief Rabbi's Job?, Manna, Summer 2009 Raymond Apple (2009), The British Chief Rabbinate; and other articles Chief Rabbis Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom Chief Rabbis of the United Kingdom