Edward Woolfson

Edward Woolfson, Glasgow Zionist Organisation, Candidate for delegate to the 25th Zionist Congress. Polling day 30 October 1960

Edward Woolfson's contribution to Zionism. (Jewish Chronicle, 16 October 1959, p.21)

Edward (Eddie) Woolfson (May 20, 1903 - June 05, 1982 (79), Glasgow, Martha Street) Married Adele Woolfson (nee Adela Gottlieb), 1932 in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Activities

• 1954 - 'THE Glasgow Jewish community celebrated the sixth anniversary of Israel's independence yesterday when more than 1000 people attended a demonstration in the Couper Institute, Cathcart. Before the gathering, Mr Edward Woolfson, president of the Glasgow Zionist Organisation, planted a tree in the grounds of the Queen's Park Synagogue in commemoration.

Family

Birthplace: Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Immediate Family:
  • Son of Philip Yisrael Shraga ben Moshe Woolfson and Clara Woolfson (Gerber)
  • Husband of Adele Woolfson (nee Gottlieb)
  • Father of Maurice Woolfson and Judith Benita Tankel (nee Woolfson, born 1934)
  • Brother of Joseph J Woolfson; Hyman Woolfson; Ethel (Ettie) Jacobs; Matilda (Tilly) Bernstein; Solomon (Solly) Woolfson; Louis Woolfson; Abraham (Abe) Arnold Woolfson; Eva Steen and Sylvia Nathan (Woolfson)

Affiliations

• president of the Glasgow Zionist Organisation, 1953-59.Chairman 1945-53.
• Founder Glasgow Young Zionists' Society, 1948.
• Federation of Zionist Youth
• Glasgow Committee of the Joint Palestine Appeal
• Provincial Vice President Zionist Federation
• Glasgow Jewish Representative Council - President (1958 - 1961).

See also

• Edward and Adele Woolfson Award
• Clyde Factors (Radio, musical distribution)