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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Great Central Synagogue,
formerly known as the
Great Synagogue |
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Alternative Name: |
South Portland Street Synagogue |
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Former Names: |
Main Street Synagogue
Commerce Street Chevra |
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Address: |
South Portland Street, Gorbals, Glasgow. (Consecrated September 1901). |
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Previous Address: |
Standard Halls, Main Street, Gorbals, Glasgow (from about 1887,
building extended 1891) Previously at Commerce Street,
Gorbals, Glasgow (from about 1881) |
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Founded: |
Early 1880's |
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Current Status: |
Closed 1974. It was the last remaining Jewish
congregation in the Gorbals. |
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Incorporated Congregation: |
In 1956, the
New Central Synagogue
(Beth Hamedrash Hagadol) merged with the congregation (then known as the Great Synagogue),
which was renamed the
Great Central Synagogue. |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Unions & Affiliations: |
From 1886/7 until 1898, the congregation was the
South Side Branch branch of a synagogue union with, and
under the leadership of,
Garnethill Synagogue. From 1896 until 1906,
the congregation was a constituent synagogue in United
Synagogue of Glasgow. |
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Membership Data: |
1896 - 150 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896-7)
1900 - 130 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900-01)
1909 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1910)
1938 - 277 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1939)
1945 - 300 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1945-6)
1959 - 500 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1960) |
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Cemeteries: |
For details, see
Glasgow Cemetery
Information on Glasgow home page. |
