Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation collection

• Reference:GB 1220 REL.EDI
• Dates of Creation:1867 - ongoing
• Language of Material:English Hebrew
• Physical Description:
  12 Boxes

• Scope and Content

  This collection includes minutes, annual reports, financial records, magazines, newsletters and photographs, 1867 to date.

  Note that this collection has not been arranged and the following catalogue is a box list only; related items may be separated.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation dates back to the first synagogue in Scotland about 1816. Scotland's oldest Jewish congregation is now based in the present synagogue, in Salisbury Road (opened 1932), with its burial ground in Piershill Cemetery.

• Access Information

  Open, subject to data protection considerations. Please contact the Archive in advance to arrange access.

• Corporate Names

  Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation