Jewish Edinburgh
Subtitle: A History, 1880-1950
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers; McFarland
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780786476688
Subjects: Jews, identity; Scotland, history
Description: "This full-length history of the Jews of Edinburgh chronicles their immigration from Russia during the 1880s in the wake of Tsarist persecution, and examines their reception by native Scots. The Jewish community in Edinburgh took on greater national significance in part due to the career of "Scotland's Rabbi," Dr. Salis Daiches of the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation"--Provided by publisher.