Glasgow Jewish Representative Council Collection
- Reference:GB 1220 SOC.REP
- Dates of Creation:1914 - ongoing
- Language of Material:English Hebrew
- Physical Description:40 boxes
Scope and Content
The Glasgow Jewish Representative Council Collection reflects the issues of the day facing the Glasgow Jewish community (Orthodox and Reform) from 1914 onwards, up to the present day, including: non-naturalised Jewish immigrants in the First World War, the welfare of refugees, the campaign for Soviet Jewry, kosher meals provision in schools and hospitals, interfaith issues, media and public relations and communal development.
This collection includes papers regarding the establishment; first constitution, 1913-1914; minute books 1930-1972 (missing 1942-1948), annual reports and year books 1922 to date (missing 1923-1935, 1939-1950 etc), correspondence, photographs and constitutions c1913 to date.
Please note that this collection has not been arranged and this catalogue is a box list only; related items may appear separately in the catalogue. Items appear in approximately chronological order.
Administrative / Biographical History
Glasgow Jewish Representative Council was founded in 1914 to represent the Jewish community to the wider community and act as a democratic forum for communal debate. A wide range of communal organisations send delegates to the Council and the Council represents the community on various interfaith and other committees.
Presidents of the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council:
Joseph Hallside (1914 - 1915)
Ellis Isaacs (1915 - 1929)
Maurice Olsberg JP (1929 - 1933)
Joseph Sachs JP (1933 - 1936)
Sir Maurice Bloch (1936 - 1940)
Benjamin Strump MBE JP (1940 - 1943)
Joseph Sachs JP (1943 - 1946)
Samuel Lipsey (1946 - 1949)
Joseph Woolfson JP (1949 - 1952)
Dr Isador Burton JP (1952 - 1955)
Leslie Diamond CA (1955 - 1958)
Edward Woolfson (1958 - 1961)
J Philip Jacobson MA Llb (1961 - 1964)
Councillor Berl Wober (1964)
Arthur Lawson MBE (1964 - 1968)
Dr Jack E Miller OBE JP FRCGP (1968 - 1971)
Harry E Crivan MBE BSc ARCST FEIS (1971 - 1974)
Henry Tankel OBE MD FRCS (Ed) (1974 - 1977)
Bernard Sakol (1977 - 1980)
Dr Gerald M Jesner (1980 - 1983)
Kenny Davidson (1983 - 1986)
Dr Walter Sneader BSc PhD MRPharmS (1986 - 1989)
Judith B Tankel MA FRSA (1989 - 1992)
Harvey M Livingston CA (1992 - 1995)
Dr Kenneth Collins PhD MRCGP (1995 - 1998)
Dianna Wolfson (1998 - 2001)
Stephen I Kliner MA LLB NP (2001 - 2004)
Dr Kenneth Collins PhD MRCGP (2004 - 2007)
Philip Mendelsohn BSc CEng MICE MIHT (2007 - 2010)
Edward Isaacs (2010 - 2013)
Paul H Morron MBE (2013 - 2016)
Nicola Livingston and Evelyn Yedd (2016 - 2019)
Paul Edlin (2019 - )
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