Zionist movement Scotland
The Zionist movement in Scotland has evolved considerably since it was created in the last yeas of the Nineteenth Century. this page compiles data on the movement and its member organisations.
History
APPENDIX C: THE JEWISH ORGANISATIONS CHART - APRIL 1976
a. Religious
Synagogues:
Garnethill Hebrew Congregation | Queens Park Hebrew Congregation | Langside Hebrew Congregation | Crosshill Hebrew Congregation | The Great Central Synagogue[2]]] | Pollokshields Chevra Kadisha Hebrew Congregation | Giffnock and Newlands Hebrew Congregation | Netherlee and Clarkston Hebrew Congregation | Newton Mearns and District Hebrew Congregation | Glasgow New Synagogue[3]
Others:
The Glasgow Beth-Din | The Glasgow Jewish Board of Shechita | The Glasgow Jewish Sabbath Observance Organisation | The Lubavitch Organisation | The Kosher Meals Service | United Synagogues Council
b. General Purpose Organisations
Glasgow Jewish Representative Council
c. Educational Organisations
Calderwood Lodge - the Jewish Day School | Glasgow Board of Jewish Education and Talmud Torah | Glasgow Yeshivah | Hebrew College
d. Social and Cultural Organisations
The Jewish Young Wives and Mothers Club | The Over 35' s Group | The Twenty Past Group | The Friendship Club | The 40’s Club | The Thistle Club | Senior Citizens Club | The Garnethill Functions Club | Lodge Montefiore (Masonic lodge) | Lodge Shalom (Masonic lodge) | Glasgow Jewish Institute | The Glasgow Jewish Choral Society | The Tradition Folk Club | Avrum Greenbaum Players | The Glasgow Jewish Art Club | The Glasgow Jewish Literary Society | St Mungo Bridge Club | Kenmuir Bridge Club | The Glasgow Jewish Study Group | The New Literary Society | The Glasgow Jewish Graduate Club | Glasgow Jewish Student Society | The Glasgow Jewish-Christian Association | Maccabi | Wingate Football Group | The Jewish Youth Study Group | Bonnyton Golf Club
e. Zionist Organisations
Federation of Zionist Youth | Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund | Joint Israel Appeal | Glasgow Zionist Organisation | Women's International Zionist Organisation: | 1. Central WIZO | 2. Dimona WIZO | 3. Business and Professional WIZO | 4. Edith Eder WIZO | 5. Renfrewshire WIZO | 6. Western WIZO | 7. Henrietta Szold WIZO | 8. Aviv WIZO | 9. Rosa Wollstein WIZO | WIZO Group 10 | Bnei Akiva | Habonim | The Jewish Agency (Scotland) | Edith Wolfson Mizrachi | Scottish-Israel Friendship League | Friends of the Technion Society | Society for Technical Development in Israel | Friends of the Hebrew University | Children and Youth Aliya | Tarbut Hebrew Group | Aliyah Club | Kibbutz Group | Israel Club |
f. Charitable and Welfare Associations
The Glasgow Jewish Welfare Board | Old Age Home for Scotland | Jewish Hospital and Sick Visiting Association Glasgow | Jewish Blind Society | Jewish Association for the Mentally Handicapped | Jewish Group for Cancer Research | Jewish Auxiliary Group for Cancer Research | Glasgow Association for the Welfare of the Disabled |
g. Uniformed Organisations
Jewish Lads Brigade | Jewish Scouts, Guides, Brownies and Cubs Groups (7 groups) | Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women | Glasgow Jewish Branch of the British Legion
h. Communication
The Jewish Echo | Hadardar [4]
i. Restaurants
This list is by no means exhaustive. There are probably other small groups which were not mentioned in the Jewish Echo pages.[5]
Closed down and defunct organisations
Notes
- ↑ This list was compiled of groups mentioned in the Jewish Echo.
- ↑ Closed, awaiting demolition. This is the last synagogue left in Gorbals.
- ↑ This is the only congregation belonging to the Reform movement, which interprets the Bible in accordance with the spirit and needs of the present generation.
- ↑ A journal appearing occasionally published by the Union of Jewish Students - Northern Region.
- ↑ Tova Benski VOLUME II INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS IN A GLASGOW SUBURB, APPENDIX. Thesis submitted for the Degree of Ph.D. Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Glasgow 1976.