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			|  | Page created: 18 October 2005
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      Congregation Data |  
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      Name: | Pollokshields Chevra Kadisha Synagogue  |  
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      Previous Name: | Pollokshields 
		Synagogue, until 1972 |  
		| Address: | 161 Nithsdale Road, Glasgow (from about 1928) |  
		| Founded: | 1926 |  
		| Incorporated Congregation: | 
		United South Side Synagogue, 
		(also known as Chevra Kadisha & Beth Jacob 
		Synagogue) from 1972 |  
		| Current Status: | Closed 1984 |  
		| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |  
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      Membership Data: | 1938 - 224 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939)1957 - 210 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1958)
 1961 - 120 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1962)
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		| Cemeteries: | The
			Congregation used the Cathcart Cemetery, Jewish Section, 
		opened 1927. 
		(For further details, see
		
		Glasgow Cemetery 
		Information on Glasgow home page.) |  
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