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Inverness Hebrew Congregation

Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Updated 6 September 2006

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 has only ever had one Jewish congregation.

Congregation Data

Name: Inverness Hebrew Congregation
Date Founded: 1905
Current Status: Closed (still appeared in Jewish Year book into late 1960's, but according to report in a Jewish Chronicle in 1934, the congregation had been defunct for some years).
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox

Jewish Population Data

1905
1935
1945
1949
1950
1960
1966
- 18 families (Jewish Chronicle 10 February 1905)
- 108 (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
-   16 (The Jewish Year Book 1945-6)
-   20 (The Jewish Year Book 1950)
-   5 families (The Jewish Year Book 1951)
-   12 (The Jewish Year Book 1961)
-   12 (The Jewish Year Book 1967)
 

Other Inverness Information

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