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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