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Pollokshields Chevra Kadisha Synagogue

Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland

 

 

 


Page created: 18 October 2005
Latest revision or update: 11 September 2016

Congregation Data

Name:

Pollokshields Chevra Kadisha Synagogue

Previous Name:

Pollokshields Synagogue, until 1972

Address:

161 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow (from about 1928)

Founded:

1926

Incorporated Congregation:

United South Side Synagogue, (also known as Chevra Kadisha & Beth Jacob Synagogue) from 1972

Current Status:

Closed 1984

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Membership Data:

1938 - 224 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939)
1957 - 210 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1958)
1961 - 120 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1962)

Cemeteries:

The Congregation used the Cathcart Cemetery, Jewish Section, opened 1927.

(For further details, see Glasgow Cemetery Information on Glasgow home page.)


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Jewish Communities and Congregations in Scotland home page

 


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