Scottish-Israel Friendship League

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Formation

This spirit of friendship that was so real in the Gorbals formed the basis of many further moves towards positive inter religious and inter-racial relations that were later to become powerful forces in the city and in Scotland, and even further afield.
The first of these wider moves was the foundation in 1948 of the Scottish-Israel Friendship League which now has many branches. Later when Pakistani and Indian immigration had become considerable, meetings with Pakistani leaders followed. Many of the problems they had were ones which the Jewish Community could help with. These 'alliances' led to annual inter-faith exhibitions, more meetings, much closer understanding amongst many people, and the building of bridges of peace and respect in areas of suspicion.[1]

Timeline

  • 1975 - Hon Sec M Rubin, 52 Crompton Ave, S.4.[2]
  • 1974 - Hon Sec M Rubin, 52 Crompton Ave, S.4.[3]
  • 1973 - Many Jewish guests were present at a dinner given in honour of Mr Harry Crivan, on the occasion of his retirement as principal of the Technical College, Coatbridge. They were representative principally of the Jewish organisations with which Mr Crivan is associated, including the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, in which be holds the office of president, and the Glasgow Jewish Institute and Scottish-Israel Friendship League, where he serves as chairman. The 200 guests included representatives from some 16 technical colleges from all over Scotland, from the Educational Institute of Scotland, from secondary, primary and special schools, from the Lanarkshire Education Authority and from trade and industry. Mr Crivan, who spent 20 years in the steel industry as a metallurgist before taking up a teaching appointment at the Coatbridge Technical College, was presented with a stereo-radiogram on behalf of the teaching staff. Many tributes were paid to him. Dr Jack E. Miller, honorary president of the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, also spoke.[4]
  • 1973 - Hon Sec M Rubin, 52 Crompton Ave, S.4.[5]
  • 1971 - Hon Sec M Rubin, 52 Crompton Ave, S.4.[6]
  • 1971 - "Obstructionist tactics" been used to prevent a have Glasgow Reform rabbi from taking an active part in furthering the Scottish-Israel Friendship League. This has been alleged by Rabbi Hillel Avidan minister of the Glasgow New Synagogue, who told me he had been asked by Mr Benjamin Yaffe director of the external relations department of the World Zionist Organisation in Jerusalem, to help in the league's work. Rabbi Avidan claimed that the obstruction came from the Rev Dr I. K. Cosgrove, minister of the Garnethill Synagogue and an hon. vice-president of the league. Dr Cosgrove commented: "As far as I know this has nothing to do with me at all. It has certainly not come up before any meeting." He added that Rabbi Avidan was very welcome to attend the meetings of the league. An Australian by birth, Rabbi Avidan is now an Israeli citizen. He lived in the country for four years during which time he taught for a year in the Reali High School, near Haifa, and acted as visiting rabbi to the Upper Nazareth Reform Congregation.[7]
  • 1970 - Mr Harry E. Crivan vice-principal of the Coatbridge Technical College, has been 'appointed president of the Lanarkshire branch of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Mr Crivan is the first Jew in Scotland and the first member of the staff of a Scottish technical college to hold the position. Prominently identified with communal life in Scotland for the past 30 years, Mr Crivan is vice-president of the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, and previously held the post of treasurer. He is president of the local Jewish Institute and has just been re-elected chairman of the Scottish-Israel Friendship League, and is a former chairman of the Glasgow Zionist Organisation.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A Scottish Shtetl, 1984.
  2. ↑ The Jewish Year Book, 1975, p. 121.
  3. ↑ The Jewish Year Book, 1974, p. 121.
  4. ↑ Glasgow principal retires, Jewish Chronicle, 26 January 1973, p. 20.
  5. ↑ The Jewish Year Book, 1973, p. 120-1.
  6. ↑ The Jewish Year Book, 1971, p. 121.
  7. ↑ Glasgow rabbi alleges 'obstruction'JEWISH CHRONICLE June 18, 1971, p. 14.
  8. ↑ 'Education post in Glasgow', 20 March 1970. p. 28
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