Caledonian Jews: A Study of Seven Small Communities in Scotland

by Nathan Abrams

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786442859
• ISBN13: 9780786442850
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher