Dundee Synagogue

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Dundee Synagogue
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
StatusClosed
Location
Location9 St Mary's Place, Dundee, Scotland DD1 5RB
Architecture
Architect(s)Ian Imlach
Completed1978[1]

Dundee Synagogue in Dundee, Scotland was the place of worship of the Tayside and Fife Jewish Community, which was established in 1878 under its former name of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation. The synagogue building, designed by Ian Imlach, was located on St Mary Place. It was opened in 1978[2] to replace the former synagogue building at 15 Meadow Street[1] that was demolished in 1973.[3]

Jews were recorded as living in Dundee in the 1840s.[4] The community had previously met at 132 Murraygate Street and (from 1895 to 1920) at 62 Murraygate Street.[1] The synagogue on St Mary Place was formally closed on 7 June 2019, and the base of operations for the Tayside and Fife Jewish Community moved to St Andrews.

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  1. ^ a b c "Dundee Hebrew Congregation: Dundee, Scotland". JCR-UK. 25 December 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ Brickman, Stephanie (3 June 2010). "Keeping the faith in Dundee's Jewish community". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. ^ Abrams, Nathan. "Jute, journalism, jam and Jews: the anomalous survival of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation" (PDF). School of Creative Studies and Media. Bangor University. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Our History". Tayside and Fife Jewish Community. Scottish Council of Jewish Communities. Retrieved 8 March 2020.

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