Philip Mendelsohn
| Philip Mendelsohn
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|---|---|
| Occupation | Transport planner and civil engineer (retired) |
| Known for | President, Glasgow Jewish Representative Council (2007–2010) |
| Education | Civil engineering, University of Strathclyde (1970–1974) |
Glasgow civil engineer and Jewish communal official; vice-chairman of Eastwood Jewish Community Centres
Philip Mendelsohn is a retired transport planner and civil engineer from Glasgow and a long-standing Jewish communal official. He was president of the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council from 2007 to 2010, and is a trustee of the Jewish Council of Scotland, of the Queens Park Charitable Trust and of Eastwood Jewish Community Centres, where he has been vice-chairman since May 2025.[1][2][3][4]
Background
Mendelsohn studied civil engineering at the University of Strathclyde from 1970 to 1974. He describes himself as "a retired Transport Planner / Civil Engineer with extensive experience of voluntary boards and being a pension trustee". From September 2012 to August 2020 he was the Scottish appointee to the board of Transport Focus, and he sat on the board of Arklet Housing Association from January 2017 until its merger with Hanover Housing Association in November 2019, as vice-chair from September 2017.[5] The Glasgow Jewish Representative Council's list of presidents gives his qualifications as "BSc CEng MICE MIHT".[1]
Communal roles
- Queen's Park Synagogue: in July 1990 the Jewish Chronicle quoted the "chairman, Mr Philip Mendelsohn" on the sale of land and the congregation's communal hall.[6] In August 1992 it reported: "Chairman Philip Mendelsohn told the meeting that previous accounts had masked the scale of ... losses".[7] In November 1992 it reported that he had "retained the chairmanship of Glasgow's Queen's Park Synagogue", by 37 votes to 32 over Lennie Fox.[8]
- Glasgow Jewish Representative Council: president, 2007–2010.[1] In February 2008 the Jewish Chronicle reported that, as Representative Council president, he called a Glasgow council debate on Israel "totally inappropriate".[9] In January 2010 he introduced a Givat Haviva speaker at a meeting in Newton Mearns,[10] and in February 2010 the paper quoted him, as Rep Council chair, on a working group with the Glasgow Jewish Educational Forum.[11] In 2008 he took part in a Scottish interfaith pilgrimage, described as "President of the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, Vice-Chairman of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, and member of the Glasgow Forum of Faiths".[12]
- Scottish Council of Jewish Communities / Jewish Council of Scotland: vice-chairman in 2008 (above). In 2021 the Rep Council described him as SCoJeC's honorary treasurer.[13] He gives his role as treasurer from June 2021.[5] He is an OSCR-listed trustee of the Jewish Council of Scotland and is listed as a co-opted member of its council.[2][14]
- Queens Park Charitable Trust: the OSCR register lists him as the trust's only trustee.[3] He says he has been a trustee "since its formation in 2002".[5]
- Eastwood Jewish Community Centres: vice-chairman from 25 May 2025, according to EJCC's accounts for the year to 31 August 2025.[4][15]
- Interfaith Glasgow: founding chair from May 2016 to July 2023, and treasurer from September 2025.[5]
Affiliations
- Eastwood Jewish Community Centres – trustee and vice-chairman (from 25 May 2025)
- Jewish Council of Scotland – trustee; treasurer
- Queens Park Charitable Trust – trustee
- Glasgow Jewish Representative Council – president, 2007–2010
- Interfaith Glasgow – chair, 2016–2023; treasurer
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, Glasgow Jewish Representative Council Collection, Archives Hub, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Jewish Council of Scotland (SC029438) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Queens Park Charitable Trust (SC033701) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eastwood Jewish Community Centres, Trustees' Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st August 2025, via Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Philip Mendelsohn, profile, LinkedIn, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 13 July 1990, p.9
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 28 August 1992, p.9
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 6 November 1992, p.17
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 22 February 2008, p.13
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 22 January 2010, p.X06
- ↑ Jewish Chronicle, 5 February 2010, p.X04
- ↑ Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, "Scottish Interfaith Pilgrimage: Philip Mendelsohn", scojec.org, 2008, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, "GJRC News Archive", jewishglasgow.org, accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Jewish Council of Scotland (JCoS) Glasgow Jewish (jewishglasgow.org), accessed 27 October 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Eastwood Jewish Community Centres (SC048957) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 27 October 2026.