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Aberdeen Hebrew CongregationAberdeen, Scotland |
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Aberdeen Hebrew CongregationAberdeen, Scotland |
Some References to the Aberdeen Jewish Community
Appearing in the Jewish Chronicle
Compiled by Harold
Pollins
Jewish
Chronicle, 11 November
1927, page 13
Letter from Rabbi Salis Daiches [extract]
The reason why cities like Perth,
Inverness, Aberdeen, do not attract Jewish settlers is to be found in the
economic conditions prevailing in those cities, the lack of suitable industries,
and the distance that separates Northern Scotland from the Jewish centres in
England and the continental countries.
Jewish Chronicle, 12 March
1923, page 32
A meeting of the Scottish Area Committee
for Jewish Education was held at the Charing Cross Hotel [Glasgow]
The
Chairman pointed out that with the exception of small Jewish settlements of
Inverness and Aberdeen, where there were scarcely any Jewish children left to be
taught, through the removal of families to larger Jewish centres, all the
smaller congregations in Scotland were now provided with Hebrew teachers
Jewish Chronicle, 13 July
1945, page 18
"The Aberdeen Jewish community, whose new
synagogue was recently consecrated, can claim the have the most northerly
situated Synagogue in the British Isles. The new house of worship replaces the
premises which were occupied for some years in Marischal Street. The
congregation, which numbers 15 families, was founded in 1893. Small though it
is, the Aberdeen community is not the smallest in Scotland. That distinction
belongs to Inverness where there is a total of 16 Jews. Inverness has the added
distinction of being the most northerly Jewish community in Britain, their town
being some miles farther north than the Granite City."
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