Records of Queens Park Hebrew Congregation, Glasgow
- Reference:GB 1220 REL.QP
- Dates of Creation:1906-2002
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:13 boxes
Scope and Content
Minutes of meetings of the congregation, council and committees, accounts, cash books, correspondence, orders of service and other records.
Administrative / Biographical History
Jews first settled in the Battlefield, Langside and Queens Park areas of Glasgow in the early years of the 20th Century. Queens Park Hebrew Congregation was established at the home of Rabbi Mordechai Katz in Battlefield Road in 1906, and in 1915 moved to a temporary building - the Tin Shul (Tin Synagogue) in Lochleven Road. A permanent Queens Park Synagogue was built in nearby Falloch Road and was in use from 1927-2002. In the 1990s, new stained-glass windows were installed by John K. Clark. When the synagogue closed in 2002, due to the sharp decline in the local Jewish population, the windows were relocated to Giffnock and Newlands Synagogue.
Clergy over the years included Rabbi Mordechai Katz, Rev. Samuel Arkush, Rabbi Isadore Goodman, Rabbi Kopul Rosen, Rabbi Adrian Jesner and Rabbi Michoel Fletcher. However, the dominant figure for over a quarter of a century was Rabbi Dr Wolf Gottlieb, who also served as Av Beth Din (leader of the religious court). The last chazan (cantor) was Rev. Zoltan Szirmai.
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