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Greenock Hebrew CongregationGreenock, Inverclyde, Scotland |
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Greenock Hebrew CongregationGreenock, Inverclyde, Scotland |
Reference to the Greenock Jewish
Community
Appearing in the Jewish Press
Jewish Chronicle, 2 November 1894, page 19
‘The six Jewish families in Greenock succeeded in holding a minyan during the recent festivals. The services were held in a small hall on the New Year and the Day of Atonement, and during Tabernacles in a room lent by Mr. Abrahams. Mr Spilk, of Glasgow, officiated. Mr Jackson was chasan Torah and Mr Blint chasan Biraishees.’
Extract provided, 31 March 2008, by Mr. Joe Ross, the great grandson of Mr. Spilk (usually spelt Spilg). Mr. Gershon Spilg obtained jobs as a chasan and a shocket. Following this temporary role he settled in Greenock for a number of years and had a family there and (it is believed) continued to work as a chasan and a shocket
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