Caledonian Jews : A Study of Seven Small Communities in Scotland

Abrams, Nathan

McFarland & Co Inc（2009/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 242 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786442850
• DDC分類 941.1

Full Description

This is the first full history of the Jews in Scotland who lived outside Edinburgh and Glasgow. The work focuses on seven communities from the borders to the highlands: Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Greenock, and Inverness. Each of these communities was of sufficient size and affluence to form a congregation with a functional synagogue and, while their histories have been previously neglected in favor of Jewish populations in larger cities, their stories are important in understanding Scottish Jewry and British history as a whole. Drawn from numerous primary sources, the history of Jews in Scotland is traced from the earliest rumors to the present.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Preface     

Introduction     

1. Aberdeen     

2. Ayr     

3. Dundee     

4. Dunfermline     

5. Falkirk     

6. Greenock     

7. Inverness, the Highlands, and Islands     

Conclusion     

Appendix A: Figures for the Size of the Communities     

Appendix B: "A New Letter"     

Appendix C: Burials in the Jewish Section of Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen     

Appendix D: Burials in the Jewish Section of Bow Road Cemetery, Greenock     

Appendix E: Burials in the Jewish Section of Tomnahurich Cemetery, Inverness     

Appendix F: List of Children Enrolled in Falkirk Schools     

Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish Terms     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index