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Falkirk Synagogue

Falkirk, Scotland

 

              

         
 
 
Created: 7 July 2003
Latest revision or update: 9 January 2012


Town of Falkirk

The Scottish town of Falkirk is situated near the western end of the Firth of Forth, between Edinburgh and Glasgow.  Since 1975, Falkirk has been in the District of Falkirk, a unitary authority since 1996, but prior to then one of the three districts of the now defunct Central Region. Prior to 1975, Falkirk was situated within the traditional county of Stirlingshire. 


Falkirk Jewish Community

The Falkirk [Jewish] community only had a resident minister before the First World War although it maintained Hebrew classes and a small synagogue (Kenneth Collins, Aspects of Scottish Jewry, 1987, page 39). The following is the only Jewish congregation to have existed in Falkirk.

Congregation Data

Name: Falkirk Synagogue
Founded: Prior to WWI
Current Status: Closed (1940's)
Ritual: Orthodox Ashkanazi


Articles

Press Reports about the Falkirk Jewish Community 1913 - 1999


Jewish Population Data

1945  62 (The Jewish Year Book 1945-6)


Other Falkirk Information

Cemetery Information - There was no Jewish Cemetery  

 

Explanation of Terms Used

 

Jewish Communities of Scotland home page

 

 


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