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{{short description|British Jewish community supporter and Zionist network figure in Glasgow}}
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| birth_place      = Glasgow, Scotland
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| nationality      = British
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| occupation        = Community philanthropist, charity trustee
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| known_for        = Longstanding support for Jewish organisations in Glasgow including [[Lubavitch of Scotland]] and Zionist-aligned causes
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| spouse            = [[Adam Berkley]]
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[[File:Anita Berkley.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Anita Berkley]]
 
[[File:Screenshot 2025-01-29 at 15.42.20.png|thumb|right|500px|[[Adam Berkley]], [[Anita Berkley]]. [[Paula Cowan]] and [[Stephen Cowan]] at the [[UJIA Scotland]] dinner, 2011.]]
 
[[File:Screenshot 2025-01-29 at 15.42.20.png|thumb|right|500px|[[Adam Berkley]], [[Anita Berkley]]. [[Paula Cowan]] and [[Stephen Cowan]] at the [[UJIA Scotland]] dinner, 2011.]]
  
 
[[File:Screenshot 2025-02-11 at 16.32.49.png|thumb|right|500px|[[Adam Berkley]], Rabbi [[Moshe M. Rubin]] and [[Anita Berkley]] at the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]], 2020.<ref>Source:https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-1130/20200217/282720523978350?srsltid=AfmBOopkDTqgFDA-hIf0htfiYa1RXvsj-h3PNrl7RTfD8TBKeOBwbXJn</ref>]]
 
[[File:Screenshot 2025-02-11 at 16.32.49.png|thumb|right|500px|[[Adam Berkley]], Rabbi [[Moshe M. Rubin]] and [[Anita Berkley]] at the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]], 2020.<ref>Source:https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-1130/20200217/282720523978350?srsltid=AfmBOopkDTqgFDA-hIf0htfiYa1RXvsj-h3PNrl7RTfD8TBKeOBwbXJn</ref>]]
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[[Anita Dorothy Berkley]] (nee Miller) (born July 1956)
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'''Anita Dorothy Berkley''' (nee Miller) (born July 1956) is a British Jewish community figure in Glasgow known for her long-term philanthropic involvement in local Jewish institutions and broader Zionist networks.<ref name="MintPressCaledonian">MintPress News, [https://www.mintpressnews.com/cousinhood-zionism-scotland/290025 The Caledonian Cousinhood: How the Zionist Movement Embedded Itself in Scottish Life] ''mintpressnews.com'', 18 June 2025.</ref> As a member of the prominent Berkley family, she has provided sustained financial and organisational support to several Glasgow-based Jewish charities and synagogues, including contributions to [[Lubavitch of Scotland]] and its associated entities such as [[Shul in the Park]].<ref name="TrackingPower">Tracking Power, [https://trackingpower.substack.com/p/neighbours-inside-the-tight-knit Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism] ''trackingpower.substack.com'', accessed February 21, 2026.</ref>
  
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Anita Berkley, together with her husband [[Adam Berkley]] and other family members including [[Delia Berkley]], forms part of what has been described as the "Caledonian Cousinhood"—a tight-knit circle of Scottish Jewish families with significant influence in communal and Zionist advocacy circles.<ref name="MintPressScottish">MintPress News, [https://www.mintpressnews.com/caledonian-cousinhood-scotland-zionist-families-israel/290252 Scottish Zionism's Inner Circle: The Caledonian Cousinhood That Bankrolls Occupation and Genocide] ''mintpressnews.com'', 21 July 2025.</ref> Her philanthropy has supported religious education, synagogue infrastructure, and welfare services in Glasgow's Jewish community, often through donations channelled to [[Friends of Lubavitch Scotland]] and related Chabad-Lubavitch initiatives.<ref name="PressTV">PressTV, [https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/07/19/751459/neighors-inside-tight-knit-caledonian-cousinhood-scottish-zionism Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism] ''presstv.ir'', 20 July 2025.</ref>
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==Family==
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*Grand daughter of [[Maurice Leon Miller]] and [[Milly Miller]] (Also Amelia nee Levitus, born Newington 1888<ref>LEVITUS AMELIA GLASSTONE F 1888 685 / 5 / 1200 Newington</ref>), who married in St Giles, Edinburgh in 1915.<ref>LEVITUS MILLY MILLER MORRIS LEON 1915 685 / 4 / 696 St Giles</ref>
 
*Daughter of [[Norman Miller]] (April 10, 1927-August 27, 2009)
 
*Daughter of [[Norman Miller]] (April 10, 1927-August 27, 2009)
 
*Wife of [[Adam Nathan Berkley]]
 
*Wife of [[Adam Nathan Berkley]]
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*Sister in law to [[Michael Berkley]]
 
*Sister in law to [[Michael Berkley]]
 
*Sister of [[Linda F Harris]] (married to [[Jeremy Harris]]
 
*Sister of [[Linda F Harris]] (married to [[Jeremy Harris]]
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:In the course of the thirty years since an apparently penniless [[Solomon Levitus|Solomon]] arrived in Edinburgh with a five year old [[Harry Levitus|Harry]] in tow, Harry had managed to buy a property in Morningside and had the means to employ a servant.  His profession is given in the census as ‘accountant’ working on his ‘own account’. But it was in the next decade that Harry’s fortunes markedly improved.  Signs of the upward mobility of the family were that Harry’s younger sisters married into prominent Zionist families.  [[Amelia Miller|Amelia]] (Millie) married Maurice Leon Miller in Edinburgh in 1915.  In the same year, the next younger sister [[Florris Goldberg|Florrie]] married [[Lazarus Goldberg]] in 1915, a member of one of the key Zionist families in Scotland. A contemporary echo of the match that Millie made is that Maurice and Millie had four sons, the youngest of which, [[Norman Miller|Norman]], was the father of [[Anita Berkley|Anita]] (born July 1956). In  later life (1977) she married into the Berkley family of property developers, right at the centre of the Glasgow Zionist Cousinhood.
 
  
  

Latest revision as of 13:58, 5 March 2026

British Jewish community supporter and Zionist network figure in Glasgow


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Anita Dorothy Berkley
Born Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality British
Residence
Occupation Community philanthropist, charity trustee
Known for Longstanding support for Jewish organisations in Glasgow including Lubavitch of Scotland and Zionist-aligned causes
Parents
Spouse(s) Adam Berkley
Children
Sibling(s)
Website


Anita Berkley
Adam Berkley, Anita Berkley. Paula Cowan and Stephen Cowan at the UJIA Scotland dinner, 2011.
Adam Berkley, Rabbi Moshe M. Rubin and Anita Berkley at the Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, 2020.[1]

Anita Dorothy Berkley (nee Miller) (born July 1956) is a British Jewish community figure in Glasgow known for her long-term philanthropic involvement in local Jewish institutions and broader Zionist networks.[2] As a member of the prominent Berkley family, she has provided sustained financial and organisational support to several Glasgow-based Jewish charities and synagogues, including contributions to Lubavitch of Scotland and its associated entities such as Shul in the Park.[3]

Anita Berkley, together with her husband Adam Berkley and other family members including Delia Berkley, forms part of what has been described as the "Caledonian Cousinhood"—a tight-knit circle of Scottish Jewish families with significant influence in communal and Zionist advocacy circles.[4] Her philanthropy has supported religious education, synagogue infrastructure, and welfare services in Glasgow's Jewish community, often through donations channelled to Friends of Lubavitch Scotland and related Chabad-Lubavitch initiatives.[5]

Family


Company Directorships

Information listed according to Companies House records.[8]

Company name Company number Company status Correspondence address Role Position Appointed on or before Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Cartside Property Company Limited SC035446 Active 10 Newton Place, Glasgow, G3 7PR Active Director before 31 December 1989 British Scotland Secretary
Timenow Limited SC081815 Active 10 Newton Place, Glasgow, G3 7PR Active Director before 29 September 1989 British England Co Director
Cartside Property Company Limited SC035446 Active 10 Newton Place, Glasgow, G3 7PR Active Secretary before 16 December 1988 United Kingdom
Macadam Lesiure Limited SC073437 Active 10 Newton Place, Glasgow, G3 7PR Active Director before 30 September 1988 British England Director
Newark Care SC248341 Active 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland, G46 7PZ Resigned Director on 22 April 2015 30 May 2022 British Scotland Dietitian

Affiliations

Notes

  1. ↑ Source:https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-1130/20200217/282720523978350?srsltid=AfmBOopkDTqgFDA-hIf0htfiYa1RXvsj-h3PNrl7RTfD8TBKeOBwbXJn
  2. ↑ MintPress News, The Caledonian Cousinhood: How the Zionist Movement Embedded Itself in Scottish Life mintpressnews.com, 18 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Tracking Power, Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism trackingpower.substack.com, accessed February 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ MintPress News, Scottish Zionism's Inner Circle: The Caledonian Cousinhood That Bankrolls Occupation and Genocide mintpressnews.com, 21 July 2025.
  5. ↑ PressTV, Neighbours: Inside the tight-knit Caledonian Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism presstv.ir, 20 July 2025.
  6. ↑ LEVITUS AMELIA GLASSTONE F 1888 685 / 5 / 1200 Newington
  7. ↑ LEVITUS MILLY MILLER MORRIS LEON 1915 685 / 4 / 696 St Giles
  8. ↑ Anita Dorothy Berkley Appointments, Companies House. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
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