John A. Cosgrove
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John A. Cosgrove was brought up in Glasgow then, after University moved to Edinburgh. He qualified as a Dentist and was a prominent Zionist activist. He became a settler colonist in occupied Palestine in 2007.
A Jewish Council of Scotland biographical note:
- Brought up and educated in Glasgow, the son of Dr IK Cosgrove, the distinguished Minister of Garnethill, John qualified in Dentistry at Glasgow University where he was President of the Jewish Students Society. He married Hazel Cosgrove|Hazel]] and moved to Edinburgh in 1968. Since 1970 he has served continuously on the Council and Board of Management of Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation in every capacity. He has been President of B’nai Brith and the Jewish Literary Society, co-founder and Chair of the Editorial Board of the Edinburgh Star, Chair of the Edinburgh Hillel Committee and Joint Chair of the CCJ, delegate to the Board of Deputies, and represented Scotland on the Chief Rabbinate selection committee. He was Chair of SCoJeC from 2003 until leaving Edinburgh in 2007 to retire near their two children and five grandchildren in London and Herzliya.[1]