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Edinburgh Jewish CommunityCity of Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital and second largest city in Scotland. It is situated on the east coast of Scotland's central lowlands on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. Since 1996, the City of Edinburgh, including surrounding villages, has constituted a self-contained unitary local authority, with a population of about 450,000, and from 1975 to 1996 it formed a district of the now defunct Lothian Region. Prior to 1975, Edinburgh was in the traditional county of Midlothian. Although Leith, the port of Edinburgh, had historically been a separate burgh, it has been administered as part of Edinburgh since 1920. Edinburgh Jewish Community Edinburgh is where the first professing Jew settled in Scotland, a David Brown in 1691, and where a small Jewish community grew up. The first synagogue and cemetery were opened in 1816. The Jewish Congregations The following congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the
Edinburgh Community:
The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:
Articles on the Edinburgh Jewish Community The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Edinburgh by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive. Jewish Encyclopedia article on Edinburgh by Joseph Jacobs and Isadore Harris, c-1906 Photographs and text on the Sciennes House Place (formerly Braid Place) Cemetery, the first Jewish cemetery in Scotland.
Other Edinburgh Jewish Information Jewish
Property and Heritage & Bibliography and other sources Edinburgh Cemetery Information (IAJGS Cemetery Project) |
