Page created: 6 October 2005
Latest revision or update: 16 January 2013City of Inverness
Inverness is the only city in Scottish Highlands. With a
population of over 50,000, it is situated at the mouth of the river Ness, as it
flows into the Moray Firth in northeast Scotland. In 1975, Inverness
became part of the District of Inverness in the Highland Region. In 1996, the Inverness District ceased
to exist when Highland came a unitary authority. Prior to 1975, Inverness was
situated within the traditional county of Inverness-shire.
Inverness Jewish Community
Inverness has
only ever had one Jewish congregation, the Inverness Hebrew Congregation.
Congregation Data
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Name: |
Inverness Hebrew Congregation |
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Date Founded: |
1905 |
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Current Status:
|
Closed (still appeared in Jewish Year Book into late 1960's,
but according to report in a Jewish Chronicle in 1938, the congregation
had been defunct for some years). |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Press Reports about the Inverness Jewish Community 1905 -1995
Jewish Population Data
1905
1935
1945
1949
1950
1960
1966 |
18 families
108
16
20
5 families
12
12 |
(Jewish Chronicle 10 February 1905)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)
(The Jewish Year Book 1945-6)
(The Jewish Year Book 1950)
(The Jewish Year Book 1951)
(The Jewish Year Book 1961)
(The Jewish Year Book 1967) |
Other Inverness Jewish Information
Cemetery
Information (IAJGS Cemetery Project)
Jewish Communities of Scotland home page
Explanation of Terms Used
