Dunfermline Hebrew Congregation

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Previous update 18 December 2006
Latest revision or update: 24 December 2011

Dunfermline

The historic city of Dunfermline, with a population of about 40,000, is situated a few miles inland from the Firth of Forth on Scotland's east coast (to the north-west of Edinburgh). Dunfermline is in Fife, which was a county until 1975, then became a Region (of which Dunfermline was one of its administrative districts), and in 1996, Fife became a unitary authority.

Dunfermline has only ever had one Jewish congregation.

Congregation Data

Name:	Dunfermline Hebrew Congregation
Address:	Athol Place, Ayr, Fife (formerly at 5 Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline, until about 1946)
Date Founded:	1908
Current Status:	Closed, early 1950's
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox

Jewish Population Data

1938
1950

- 15 men and 15 women (The Jewish Year Book 1939)
- 25 (The Jewish Year Book 1951)

Other Dunfermline Information

Cemetery Information - There was no Jewish cemetery

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