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The '''Vulkan family''' is a Glasgow-area Jewish family active in Zionist fundraising and communal bodies, notably JNF KKL Scotland ([[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]]). It is linked by marriage to the [[Minster family]] of [[Glasgow Maccabi]].

==Herbert and Elaine Vulkan==
[[Herbert Ralph Vulkan]] married [[Elaine Vulkan|Elaine]] in 1972; the marriage was registered in Eastwood and Mearns. Her surname is indexed both as Dexter and as Dansky.<ref name="NRSm1972">[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 1972, Herbert Ralph Vulkan and Elaine Dexter / Elaine Dansky, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/319, searched 27 October 2026.</ref>

[[Elaine Vulkan]] was secretary of [[JNF KKL Scotland]] in about 2021.<ref name="JG2021">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210418194803/https://www.jewishglasgow.org/jnf-kkl-scotland/ JNF KKL Scotland] ''Glasgow Jewish'' (jewishglasgow.org), archived 18 April 2021, accessed 27 October 2026.</ref>

==Gillian Rebecca Vulkan==
[[Gillian Rebecca Vulkan]]'s birth was registered in Eastwood and Mearns in 1974.<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Births index, 1974, Gillian Rebecca Vulkan, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/278, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> She married [[Gerard Minster]] in 2000 (Eastwood and Mearns registration district),<ref name="NRSm2000">[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 2000, Gerard Minster and Gillian Rebecca Vulkan, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/244, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> and they divorced in 2012 (Court of Session).<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Divorces index, 2012, Gerard Minster and Gillian Rebecca Vulkan, Court of Session, reference 900/3847, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> In 2017 she married [[John David Collins]] at Ayr.<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 2017, Gillian Rebecca Vulkan and John David Collins, Ayr, reference 680/338, searched 27 October 2026.</ref>

==Jeffrey Vulkan==
[[Jeffrey Vulkan]]'s birth was registered in Eastwood and Mearns in 1977,<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Births index, 1977, Jeffrey Vulkan, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/197, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> consistent with the birth month of July 1977 given by [[Companies House]].<ref name="KKL_CH26">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/officers THE KKL (SCOTLAND) CHARITABLE TRUST (SC316740): officers], retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref> He has been a director of [[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]] since 8 December 2024,<ref name="KKL_CH26" /> and the trust's 2025-26 report lists him as chairman.<ref name="KKL_ACC26">The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2026-accounts-kkl-scotland-ct-0147GKMYNWURO7LE525RD3MXRLC5UHMR5H.pdf Trustees' report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026] (PDF, filed with OSCR), retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref> He married [[Louise Avril Cremer]] in 2003,<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 2003, Jeffrey Vulkan and Louise Avril Cremer, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/236, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> and they divorced in 2008 (Paisley Sheriff Court).<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Divorces index, 2008, Jeffrey Vulkan and Louise Avril Cremer, Paisley Sheriff Court, reference 9851/8479, searched 27 October 2026.</ref>

==Minster connection==
[[Gerard Minster]], who married Gillian Rebecca Vulkan in 2000,<ref name="NRSm2000" /> is a trustee of [[Glasgow Maccabi]].<ref name="GM2025">Glasgow Maccabi, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/maccabi-accounts-25-signed-0147GKMYJQ36J2KQAHXJCYEFMP7WAOQ2HX.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025], via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> Other Minsters associated with Glasgow Maccabi are [[Philip Minster]], whom the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' named as chairman of Glasgow Maccabi in March 1991,<ref>"Maccabi split over membership policy", ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 8 March 1991, p. 10.</ref> and who was secretary and director of [[Friends Of Maccabi Limited]] until 1998;<ref>Company Director Check officer listing, republishing [[Companies House]] data, [https://www.companydirectorcheck.com/philip-minster "Philip Minster"], accessed 27 October 2026.</ref> and [[Doreen Minster]], who with [[Bernard Cohen]] took the 1997 lease of the Maccabi Building in Giffnock as trustees for the [[Glasgow Jewish Maccabi Association]].<ref>[[Registers of Scotland]], Land Register title sheet REN98616 (The Maccabi Building, May Terrace, Giffnock), first registered 14 May 1999, copy obtained 27 October 2026.</ref> Philip Minster married Doreen Kane in Glasgow in 1967.<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 1967, Philip Minster and Doreen Kane, Glasgow, reference 644/8 431, searched 27 October 2026.</ref>

==Resources==
*[[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]]
*[[Glasgow Maccabi]]
*[[Friends Of Maccabi Limited]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Families]]
[[Category:Zionist movement Scotland]]
[[Category:Zionist movement UK]]

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 [[Herbert Ralph Vulkan]] married [[Elaine Vulkan|Elaine]] in 1972; the marriage was registered in Eastwood and Mearns. Her surname is indexed both as Dexter and as Dansky.<ref name="NRSm1972">[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 1972, Herbert Ralph Vulkan and Elaine Dexter / Elaine Dansky, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/319, searched 27 October 2026.</ref>
-[[Elaine Vulkan]] was secretary of [[JNF KKL Scotland]] in about 2021.<ref name="JG2021">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210418194803/https://www.jewishglasgow.org/jnf-kkl-scotland/ JNF KKL Scotland] ''Glasgow Jewish'' (jewishglasgow.org), archived 18 April 2021, accessed 27 October 2026.</ref> In May 2009 the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' pictured her with [[Stanley Lovatt]] at the JNF KKL Scotland stand at the Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations organised by the [[Glasgow Zionist Federation]] at Maccabi's [[Maccabi Centre, May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6LD|May Terrace buildings]], which were sponsored by [[UJIA]] and JNF KKL Scotland.<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 8 May 2009, p. X05 (Scotland), [https://www.thejc.com/archive/NWY2OGNiNGEtYzMzOS00 archive page], accessed 27 October 2026 ([[Media:JC_2009-05-08_pX05_ElaineVulkan_JNF_KKL_Scotland_YomHaatzmaut.png|screenshot]]).</ref> In July 2011 it pictured her with [[Charles Barnett]], Stanley Lovatt, [[Delia Berkley]], [[David Links]] and others at the JNF KKL Scotland Pro-am golf tournament at [[Bonnyton Golf Club]], which raised £25,000 for "the current JNF KKL Scotland project in the Negev".<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 8 July 2011, p. X08, [https://www.thejc.com/archive/Zjc1M2NmYzEtN2Q1YS00 archive page], accessed 27 October 2026 ([[Media:JC_2011-07-08_pX08_ElaineVulkan_JNF_KKL_Scotland_golf.png|screenshot]]).</ref>
+[[Elaine Vulkan]] was secretary of [[JNF KKL Scotland]] in about 2021.<ref name="JG2021">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210418194803/https://www.jewishglasgow.org/jnf-kkl-scotland/ JNF KKL Scotland] ''Glasgow Jewish'' (jewishglasgow.org), archived 18 April 2021, accessed 27 October 2026.</ref> In May 2009 the ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' pictured her with [[Stanley Ivan Lovatt|Stanley Lovatt]] at the JNF KKL Scotland stand at the Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations organised by the [[Glasgow Zionist Federation]] at Maccabi's [[Maccabi Centre, May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6LD|May Terrace buildings]], which were sponsored by [[UJIA]] and JNF KKL Scotland.<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 8 May 2009, p. X05 (Scotland), [https://www.thejc.com/archive/NWY2OGNiNGEtYzMzOS00 archive page], accessed 27 October 2026 ([[Media:JC_2009-05-08_pX05_ElaineVulkan_JNF_KKL_Scotland_YomHaatzmaut.png|screenshot]]).</ref> In July 2011 it pictured her with [[Charles Barnett]], Stanley Lovatt, [[Delia Berkley]], [[David Links]] and others at the JNF KKL Scotland Pro-am golf tournament at [[Bonnyton Golf Club]], which raised £25,000 for "the current JNF KKL Scotland project in the Negev".<ref>''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 8 July 2011, p. X08, [https://www.thejc.com/archive/Zjc1M2NmYzEtN2Q1YS00 archive page], accessed 27 October 2026 ([[Media:JC_2011-07-08_pX08_ElaineVulkan_JNF_KKL_Scotland_golf.png|screenshot]]).</ref>
 ==Gillian Rebecca Vulkan==
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 ==Jeffrey Vulkan==
-[[Jeffrey Vulkan]]'s birth was registered in Eastwood and Mearns in 1977,<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Births index, 1977, Jeffrey Vulkan, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/197, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> consistent with the birth month of July 1977 given by [[Companies House]].<ref name="KKL_CH26">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/officers THE KKL (SCOTLAND) CHARITABLE TRUST (SC316740): officers], retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref> He has been a director of [[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]] since 8 December 2024,<ref name="KKL_CH26" /> and the trust's 2025-26 report lists him as chairman.<ref name="KKL_ACC26">The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2026-accounts-kkl-scotland-ct-0147GKMYNWURO7LE525RD3MXRLC5UHMR5H.pdf Trustees' report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026] (PDF, filed with OSCR), retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref> He married [[Louise Avril Cremer]] in 2003,<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 2003, Jeffrey Vulkan and Louise Avril Cremer, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/236, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> and they divorced in 2008 (Paisley Sheriff Court).<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Divorces index, 2008, Jeffrey Vulkan and Louise Avril Cremer, Paisley Sheriff Court, reference 9851/8479, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> A ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' "Simchah of the week" feature in December 2008 described Jeff Vulkan as "Glasgow born and bred"; he had studied engineering and worked as a buyer for a Japanese company which made parts for [[Honda]]. He married [[Orli Vulkan|Orli Schechter]] at [[Thompson’s Lane Synagogue|Thompson's Lane Synagogue]], Cambridge, and they live in Newton Mearns.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/simchah-of-the-week-orli-schechter-jeff-vulkan-sp3txe2f "Simchah of the week: Orli Schechter & Jeff Vulkan"], ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 4 December 2008, accessed 27 October 2026.</ref>
+[[Jeffrey Vulkan]]'s birth was registered in Eastwood and Mearns in 1977,<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Births index, 1977, Jeffrey Vulkan, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/197, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> consistent with the birth month of July 1977 given by [[Companies House]].<ref name="KKL_CH26">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/officers THE KKL (SCOTLAND) CHARITABLE TRUST (SC316740): officers], retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref> He has been a director of [[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]] since 8 December 2024,<ref name="KKL_CH26" /> and the trust's 2025-26 report lists him as chairman.<ref name="KKL_ACC26">The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2026-accounts-kkl-scotland-ct-0147GKMYNWURO7LE525RD3MXRLC5UHMR5H.pdf Trustees' report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026] (PDF, filed with OSCR), retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref> He married [[Louise Avril Cremer]] in 2003,<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Marriages index, 2003, Jeffrey Vulkan and Louise Avril Cremer, Eastwood and Mearns, reference 650/236, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> and they divorced in 2008 (Paisley Sheriff Court).<ref>[[National Records of Scotland]], ScotlandsPeople, Statutory Registers – Divorces index, 2008, Jeffrey Vulkan and Louise Avril Cremer, Paisley Sheriff Court, reference 9851/8479, searched 27 October 2026.</ref> A ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' "Simchah of the week" feature in December 2008 described Jeff Vulkan as "Glasgow born and bred"; he had studied engineering and worked as a buyer for a Japanese company which made parts for [[Honda]]. He married [[Orli Schechter]] at [[Thompson’s Lane Synagogue|Thompson's Lane Synagogue]], Cambridge, and they live in Newton Mearns.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/simchah-of-the-week-orli-schechter-jeff-vulkan-sp3txe2f "Simchah of the week: Orli Schechter & Jeff Vulkan"], ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'', 4 December 2008, accessed 27 October 2026.</ref>
 ==Minster connection==