Anita Dorothy Berkley

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)
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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.

Anita Dorothy Berkley is a British Jewish community figure in Glasgow known for her long-term philanthropic involvement in local Jewish institutions and broader Zionist networks. 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.

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. 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.

Anita Dorothy Berkley (nee Miller) (born July 1956)

• Daughter of Norman Miller (April 10, 1927-August 27, 2009)
• Wife of Adam Nathan Berkley
• Mother of Alan R Berkley (who is married to Shoshanna Berkley) and Colin N Berkeley, Simon L Berkley.
• Sister in law to Michael Berkley
• Sister of Linda F Harris (married to Jeremy Harris

In the course of the thirty years since an apparently penniless Solomon arrived in Edinburgh with a five year old 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 (Millie) married Maurice Leon Miller in Edinburgh in 1915. In the same year, the next younger sister 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, was the father of 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.

Company Directorships

Information listed according to Companies House records.

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