Dundee Synagogue Explained

Building Name:Dundee Synagogue
Map Type:Scotland
Map Size:250
Map Relief:1
Location:9 St Mary's Place, Dundee, Scotland DD1 5RB
Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates:56.4645°N -2.9896°W
Functional Status:Closed
Architect:Ian Imlach
Architecture Type:Synagogue architecture
Architecture Style:Modernist
Established:1878
Year Completed:1978
Footnotes:[1]

Dundee Synagogue is a former Jewish synagogue, located on St Mary Place, Dundee, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. From 1978 until its closure in 2019, the building 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.

History

Designed by Ian Imlach, the synagogue building 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dundee Hebrew Congregation: Dundee, Scotland . . 25 December 2016. 20 January 2019.
  2. News: Keeping the faith in Dundee's Jewish community . . 3 June 2010 . 15 April 2015 . Brickman, Stephanie.
  3. Web site: Jute, journalism, jam and Jews: the anomalous survival of the Dundee Hebrew Congregation . . School of Creative Studies and Media . 17 January 2014 . Abrams, Nathan.
  4. Web site: Our History . . Tayside and Fife Jewish Community . 8 March 2020.