The University of Glasgow has accepted an offer by the Israel Government to support two new academic posts, one in Israeli studies and the other in the Hebrew language and literature. The posts will be financed by the Israel Government and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture for a period of three years with an… More ▸
An “Israel Week” was opened here today in the Patrick Franklin store, one of the major retail outlets in Scotland’s capital. The event here followed a similar program in Glasgow, which was described as a great success from the point of view of sales and of attracting attention to Israeli manufactures, according to A. Mazur,… More ▸
The Turnberry Hotel, one of Scotland’s most famous golfing centers when has discriminated against the Glasgow branch of the Maccabi sports organization for many years, will allow the Jewish group to play on the course next year after their policy of anti-Jewish bias was exposed here today. The restricted policy of the famed hotel golf… More ▸
Sir Maurice Bloch, 73, a leader of the Glasgow Jewish community and a noted philanthropist, died here today. The Glasgow Jewish community decided last November to plant a 10,000-tree forest in Israel in recognition of Sir Maurice’s contributions to Jewish life in Scotland during the past 50 years. He created the Bloch Trust in 1956,… More ▸
The Church of Scotland today issued a statement “deploring” anti-Semitism and denouncing all racial and religious discriminations. The statement was part of a report by the Scottish church’s “Church and Nation” committee. The statement, condemning “all incitements to contempt or hatred of persons because of their color, race or creed,” declared: “The Church of Scotland… More ▸
A Jewish Mission committee report of the Church of Scotland declared today that Christianity was no longer considered by Jews to be the archenemy of the Jewish religion. The report, which will be presented next week before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh, stated also that the intense antagonism of Jews… More ▸
A non-Jewish, Swiss cook employed at Lydda Airport, near here, was arrested this week-end, accused of painting a swastika on the apron of a Jewish co-worker. Formally charged by police with “attempting to infuriate the public.” he was released on bail. More ▸
A Jew, Myer Galpern, was this week-end named Queen Elizabeth’s Lord Lieutenant for Glasgow. Mr. Galpern is a member of the Glasgow city council. More ▸
For the first time in the history of Scottish municipal politics, a Jew was elected to a three-year term as Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow. Myer Halpern, a member of the City Council, won that honor. He is a patron of Hazanim, the Labor Zionist Youth movement, and a member of B’nai B’rith. More ▸
Zvi Golombok, founder and editor of the Glasgow Jewish Echo and pioneer Zionist leader in Glasgow, died here today at the age of 74. Mr. Golombok came to Scotland from Lithuania 50 years ago and was associated with the Zionist movement from its earliest days, helping to found the Zionist organization in Glasgow. Before World… More ▸
