Dundee Synagogue

Dundee Synagogue
Basic information
Location 9 St Mary's Place, Dundee, Scotland DD1 5RB
Status Active
Completed 1978[1]

Dundee Synagogue is located on St. Mary Place in Dundee, Scotland. Designed by Ian Imlach, it was opened in 1978[2] to replace the former synagogue building at 15 Meadow Street[1] that was demolished in 1973.[3]

The community had previously met at 132 Murraygate Street and (from 1895 to 1920) at 62 Murraygate Street.[1]

Jews were recorded as living in Dundee in the 1840s.[4] The Tayside and Fife Jewish Community was established in 1878 under its former name of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dundee Hebrew Congregation: Dundee, Scotland". JCR-UK. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Brickman, Stephanie (3 June 2010). "Keeping the faith in Dundee's Jewish community". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Abrams, Nathan. "Jute, journalism, jam and Jews: the anomalous survival of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation" (PDF). School of Creative Studies and Media. Bangor University. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Our history". Tayside and Fife Jewish Community. Scottish Council of Jewish Communities. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

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