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Glasgow First Jewish Congregationsuntil 1879Glasgow, Scotland |
Updated 11 May 2007
Congregation Data
| Description: | Glasgow's first Jewish congregations (until 1879) |
| Addresses: |
From
1823 to about 1837: Two rooms in High Road, Glasgow (in a house occupied by Moses Lisenheim), a few doors from the Glasgow Cross. From about 1837 to 1842: Old Post Office Court, Tromgate, Glasgow From 1842 to 1850: Anderson's College, George Street, Glasgow. (There was at about this time a rival congregation maintained by a Jonas Michael in the Candleriggs.) From 1850 to 1858 (or 1852) Howard Street, Glasgow From 1858 to 1879: George Street, Glasgow (Thereafter the congregation moved to the new purpose-built Garnethill Synagogue) |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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