Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation

& Jewish Community

Aberdeen, Scotland

Page created: 21 September 2005
Last revision or update: 11 March 2013

City of Aberdeen

The city of Aberdeen is the third largest in Scotland with a population of over 200,000. It is situated on the northeast coast between the mouths of the rivers Don and Dee. Although traditionally part of the county of Aberdeenshire, the City of Aberdeen has constituted a self-contained unitary authority since 1996. From 1975 to 1996, Aberdeen was a district of the now defunct Grampian Region.

Aberdeen Jewish Community

There are records of only one Jewish congregation in Aberdeen.

Congregation Data

Name:	Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation
Address:	74 Dee Street, Aberdeen AB11 6DS - refurbished, with community centre, opened in 1983 (previously at Marischal Street, Aberdeen, until early 1940's
Current Status:	Active
Date Founded:	1893
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Membership Data:	1895 - 12 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1896) 1900 - 23 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1900-1) 1909 - 25 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1910)

Jewish Community Data

1895
1900
1909
1934
1945
1954
1965
1975
1985
1995
2004

- 15 families (The Jewish Year Book 1896)
- 17 families (The Jewish Year Book 1900-1)
- 22 families (The Jewish Year Book 1910)
- 56 (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
- 50 (The Jewish Year Book 1945-6)
- 50 (The Jewish Year Book 1955)
- 50 (The Jewish Year Book 1966)
- 40 (The Jewish Year Book 1976)
- 40 (The Jewish Year Book 1986)
- 30 (The Jewish Year Book 1996)
- 30 (The Jewish Year Book 2005)

Articles on the Aberdeen Jewish Community

Press Reports relating to the Aberdeen Jewish Community 1927-1945
Jewish Encyclopaedia article on Aberdeen by Joseph Jacobs, c-1906

Other Aberdeen Jewish Information

Cemetery Information - IAJGS Cemetery Project

Jewish Communities and Congregations in Scotland home page

Explanation of Terms Used

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