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Great Central SynagogueSouth Portland Street |
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Great Central SynagogueSouth Portland Street |
Updated 20 October 2005
Congregation Data
| Name: | Great Central Synagogue (formerly known as the Great Synagogue) |
| Address: | South Portland Street, Glasgow. (Consecrated September 1901) |
| Previous Address: | Commerce Street, Glasgow (from about 1881) Standard Halls, Main Street, Gorbals, Glasgow (from about 1887) |
| Founded: | Early 1880's |
| Current Status: | 1956 - the congregation, then known as the Great Synagogue, merged with the New Central Synagogue (Beth Hamedrash Hagadol) and was renamed the Great Central Synagogue. |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: | A constituent of the United Synagogues of Glasgow |
| Membership Data: | 1896 - 150 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896-7) 1900 - 130 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01) 1909 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1910) 1938 - 277 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939) 1945 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1945-6) 1959 - 500 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1960) |
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