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Caledonian Jews

A Study of Seven Small Communities in Scotland

Nathan Abrams author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:15th Jul '09

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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.

“Abrams has succceeded in broadening our understanding of Scottish Jewry and British history...provides an insightful, fascinating and refreshing account of Jewish life beyond Edinburg and Glasgow”—Northern Scotland.

ISBN: 9780786442850

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm

Weight: 336g

242 pages