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The Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre (ASJCC) maintains a shul (synagogue) on Dee Street in the centre of
Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
(UK). This is the northernmost synagogue in the British Isles.


History

Several Jews were awarded medical degrees from Aberdeen in the 18th century, but they did not live in Aberdeen (the degrees were awarded ''in absentia''). Jews were definitely living in Aberdeen by the late 19th century. The Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1893, and initially worshipped in a flat on Marischal Street. In 1945 the congregation bought a house on Dee Street, and converted it into a synagogue and community centre. In 2016 Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation was reorganised and renamed as Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre.


Community

According to the census, there are about 250 Jews in the Aberdeen area (city and shire). The community is mostly incomers who come to Aberdeen to work or study. The ASJCC tries to support all Jews in the Aberdeen area, regardless of which type of Judaism they follow. There is a burial area for Jews in Grove Cemetery. There is also a Jewish Students Society in Aberdeen, which works closely with the ASJCC.


Services

The community has not had a permanent full-time rabbi since the 1950s. Most services are led by lay members of the community, but rabbis do visit to lead services on major holidays and events. ASJCC's website has up-to-date details about services and events.


See also

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History of the Jews in Scotland The history of the Jews in Scotland goes back to at least the 17th century. It is not known when Jews first arrived in Scotland, with the earliest concrete historical references to a Jewish presence in Scotland being from the late 17th cen ...
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Scottish Council of Jewish Communities The Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC) is the democratic representative body of all the Jewish communities of Scotland. The Council was founded in 1999 in response to Scottish devolution, with the principal aim of providing the Jew ...


References


External links


Official websiteUniversity of Aberdeen Jewish Society
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