Congregation Data
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Name:
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Great Central Synagogue
,
formerly known as the
Great Synagogue
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Alternative Name:
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South Portland Street Synagogue
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Former Names:
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Main Street Synagogue
Commerce Street Chevra
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Address:
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South Portland Street, Gorbals, Glasgow. (Consecrated September 1901).
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Previous Address:
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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:
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Early 1880's
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Current Status:
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Closed 1974. It was the last remaining Jewish
congregation in the Gorbals.
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Incorporated Congregation:
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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:
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Ashkenazi Orthodox
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Unions & Affiliations:
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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:
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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:
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For details, see
Glasgow Cemetery
Information
on Glasgow home page.
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