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Tayside And Fife Jewish Community
Dundee Synagogue is a former Judaism, Jewish synagogue, located on St Mary Place, Dundee, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. From 1978 until its closure in 2019, the building was the place of worship of the Tayside and Fife Jewish Community, which was established in 1878 under its former name of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation. History Designed by Ian Imlach, the synagogue building was opened in 1978 to replace the former synagogue building at 15 Meadow Street that was demolished in 1973. Jews were recorded as living in Dundee in the 1840s. The community had previously met at 132 Murraygate Street and (from 1895 to 1920) at 62 Murraygate Street. The synagogue on St Mary Place was formally closed on 7 June 2019, and the base of operations for the Tayside and Fife Jewish Community moved to St Andrews. See also *History of the Jews in Scotland *List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom *List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom *Scottish Council of Jewish Communiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |