in the united kingdom, the agudath israel movement was represented by the adath israel synagogue, formed in 1909, and the union of orthodox hebrew congregations, formed in 1926. by 1943 agudath israel represented approximately 5000 families and was led by rabbi dr solomon schonfeld. the british secretary of the agudath israel world organization, the political wing of the movement, was harry goodman, publisher and editor of "jewish weekly." he played a key part in maintaining the agudath israel organization through world war ii.