Dec 2014
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Adults and children alike enjoyed a superb story-telling session at SCoJeC's Chanukah party in Inverness, followed by group candle-lighting, and a superbly orchestrated sing-a-long. Click here to read a report.
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Dec 2014
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SCoJeC’s Chanukah party at Alloa Town Hall was a great success, bringing together around 30 Jewish people from the area, many of whom had not previously known of one another. Click here to read a report.
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Dec 2014
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The first night of Chanukah was celebrated in Fort William with a blaze of candles, food, and song. Click here to read a report.
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Dec 2014
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What's changed about being Jewish in Scotland? Click here to find out about our new project and complete the online survey.
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Dec 2014
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SCoJeC is delighted to have been able to assist the Board of Deputies with the Jewish Living Experience exhibition in Carlisle, utilising the event as an opportunity to train volunteers who are participating in our "Expanding Jewish Volunteering" project. Click here to read a report.
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Dec 2014
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Hits on SCoJeC's website in 2014 have passed the million mark already, with a month still to go! Click here to read a report.
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Nov 2014
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A diverse group, including members of the Jewish, Baptist, Church of Scotland, Unification Church, and Bahai communities, got together in Peebles during Scottish interfaith Week to learn about SCoJeC's Being Jewish in Scotland inquiry, and discuss their views of religion and identity. Click here to read a report.
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Nov 2014
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Only a few months after publishing the 400th issue of MEMO, our our weekly digest of information of relevance to ethnic minorities, SCoJeC has published the 1,000th issue of PAB, the "Political Affairs Brief", a digest of information relevant to the Jewish community. Click here to read a report.
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Nov 2014
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In direct response to this summer’s unprecedented surge of antisemitic incidents, which came as an unwelcome shock, not only to the Jewish Community, but to civil society at large, the Scottish Government has agreed to fund a short-term study of how this has affected the Community. Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2014
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Gillian Merron, the new Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, and Superintendent Ross Aitken, the new head of the national Safer Communities Department of Police Scotland were guest speakers at SCoJeC's Council meeting. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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Click here to read the Rosh HaShanah message from the First Minister,
Alex Salmond MSP.
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Sep 2014
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For the seventh and last concert of SCoJeC's week-long Jewish Musical Odyssey tour of Scotland, Giffnock Synagogue pulled out all the stops, and around 100 people crowded into the main hall to hear the Adrianne Greenbaum quartet. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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For the sixth of our Jewish Musical Odyssey concerts, which took place in the blazing September sunshine in the courtyard of Rozelle House in Ayr, we were treated to lyrical baroque, emotional Scottish traditional tunes and searing klezmer melodies. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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Artist Jo Powell, who specialises in drawings of musicians, sketched the group at our Edinburgh Jewish Musical Odyssey concert, and later in the evening other local klezmer players joined in, including Simon Carlyle, who just happened to have his tuba with him! Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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The Chief Constable of Police Scotland, Sir Stephen House, has issued a message of reassurance to the Jewish Community relating to the recent rise in antisemitic incidents in Scotland. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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More than 50 people turned out for the Wednesday lunchtime leg of our concert tour in the beautiful, imposing, marbled setting of Aberdeen Art Gallery. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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The weather was fantastic when we took the train from Glasgow to Inverness through Scotland’s wild and beautiful countryside for the third concert in our seven-stop Jewish Musical Odyssey tour. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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SCoJeC is delighted to have sponsored the excellent conference on Scottish Jewish Arts and Life 1914–2014 that took place during the the Cultural Connections exhibition in Ayr. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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The imposing setting for the second stop on our Jewish Musical Odyssey tour of Scotland was Glasgow University Chapel, whose wonderful acoustics make it a superb venue for a musical event. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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Everyone danced, clapped, and had lots of fun on the first stage of our Klezmer, Baroque, and Tartan tour as Adrianne and Michael, a klezmer dance expert, talked us through some klezmer and Scottish dances. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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SCoJeC's latest response to the findings of our Being Jewish in Scotland project, is a klezmer concert tour with the Greenbaum quartet, visiting seven venues from Ayr to Inverness. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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SCoJeC joined up with Enjoy, the youth wing of the Glasgow Council of Synagogues, to organise a second "Family Festival Experience" in Ayr. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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SCoJeC's new project has got off to a flying start after more than 20 people indicated that they would like to get involved in helping the community to respond to requests for talks about Judaism from schools and other groups. Click here to read a report.
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Sep 2014
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History was made when sixteen people gathered in Lamlash, Isle of Arran; it was the first time ever that Jewish residents and holiday home owners had held a communal event, and the evening was unique, heartwarming, and convivial. Click here to read a report.
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Aug 2014
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Within the last week the First Minister, the Lord Advocate, and the Chief Constable have all asked to meet SCoJeC to discuss the unprecedented number of unambiguously antisemitic incidents in Scotland, and have sought to reassure the Community that hate crime will not be tolerated in Scotland. Click here to read a report.
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Aug 2014
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The final event of SCoJeC’s year long Lottery-funded “YaCHaS” project to connect Israelis in Scotland, was an exciting celebration of Israeli Culture and Artists in Edinburgh. Click here to read a report.
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הארוע האחרון של סקוג"ק במסגרת פרויקט יח"ס, נערך באדינברו והיה חגיגה נפלאה של תרבות ישראלית ואמנים מישראל. לחץ כאן לקריאת דו"ח.
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Aug 2014
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In the last week, SCoJeC has received around 25 reports relating to at least 12 separate antisemitic incidents, almost as many as in the whole of 2013. Click here to read a report.
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Jul 2014
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Cultural Connections, the Festival of Jewish Arts and Culture at the Maclaurin Gallery in Rozelle Park in Ayr got off to a hugely successful start, with a packed opening event supported by SCoJeC. Click here to read a report.
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Jul 2014
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SCoJeC visited Tobermory on Mull for our latest event, an interfaith musical evening comparing the Jewish and Gaelic traditions of psalm-singing. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2014
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SCoJeC's AGM concluded another extremely successful year with reports on the enormous amount we have achieved. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2014
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SCoJeC's Scottish Refugee Week event, "Welcome to Write!" was a great success. "Some came to the workshop to share their migration stories, there were some who wanted to overstep their anxieties in writing, there were also people who wanted to figure out how to build characters, stories and discover other peculiar things about writing. It is quite unbelievable but it seems that all these needs were satisfied!" Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2014
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The latest statistics on religious hatred published by the Scottish Government show a welcome decrease of 18% in the total number of charges for conduct “derogatory to” all the main faiths. Click here to read a report
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Jun 2014
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The Jewish Leadership Council has published an essay about the Scottish Independence Referendum by SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski, and Research and Publications Officer Leah Granat. Click here to read the essay.
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Jun 2014
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The Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Roseanna Cunningham MSP, has congratulated SCoJeC on the 400th issue of MEMO, our weekly bulletin of information of interest to minority communities in Scotland. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2014
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Only 3 weeks after his historic first visit, the Chief Rabbi returned to Edinburgh to address the Scottish Parliament and meet with the First Minister, and leaders of all the political parties and the Church of Scotland. Click here to read a report.
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May 2014
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For the first time ever, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was today addressed by the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, who was attending the Assembly as the guest of the Lord High Commissioner, His Grace the Earl of Wessex. Click here to read a report.
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May 2014
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SCoJeC’s LaG b’Omer extravaganza really lived up to the name! "This was a superb day." said one of the more than 170 people who came along, "Great activities on offer, brilliantly organised – an all-round resounding success!" Click here to read a report.
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Mar 2014
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Israelis living in Scotland and their families held their first Purim party in Edinburgh under the banner of SCoJeC's YaCHaS project. “Wow! just like home” said one of the participants, expressing the nostalgia shared by many. Click here to read a report.
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ישראלים בסקוטלנד ומשפחותהים חגגו לראשונה את חג פורים באדינבורו מטעם פרויקט יח''ס של סקוג''ק. ''וואו! זה ממש כמו בארץ'' אמר אחד המשתתפים, כשהוא המביטא את תחושת הנוסטלגיה של רבים בחגיגה. לחץ כאן לקריאת דו"ח.
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Mar 2014
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Ben Carroll, a student at St Andrews University, represented the European Union of Jewish Students at the UN Human Rights Council debate on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Click here to hear his speech.
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Mar 2014
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SCoJeC's latest “Highland Gathering” in Inverness was the occasion for the launch of the first phase of the SCoJeC CoNNeCT project, the new online Discussion Forum that will bring together Jewish people and those with an interest in Jewish issues throughout Scotland. Click here to read a report.
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Mar 2014
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The leafy Inverness suburb of Culduthel was the sunny venue for SCoJeC's Highland Region Purim party, with some people travelling for several hours in order to take part. Click here to read a report.
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Feb 2014
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We are delighted to announce that SCoJeC has been awarded £30,000 by the Volunteer Action Fund to deliver a year-long 'Volunteering Support Cluster' project to recruit, train, and support volunteers in the Jewish community. Click here to read a report.
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Feb 2014
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SCoJeC has been contributing to the planning of the Scottish Government’s new “Speak Up Against Hate Crime” campaign, which is urging people who suffer or witness crime based on prejudice to report all incidents to the police. Click here to read our statement.
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Feb 2014
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The Garden Lobby of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, was the venue for a large and remarkably diverse gathering at a reception to mark the launch of the photographic exhibition "Identity and Belonging" by award-winning documentary photographer Judah Passow. Click here to read a report.
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Jan 2014
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Achray Forest, near Aberfoyle, was the venue for SCoJeC's latest activity, which was enjoyed by 23 adults and 10 children from throughout Scotland's central belt. Click here to read a report.
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Jan 2014
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SCoJeC’s YaCHaS project, which aims to connect Israelis living in Scotland, held a gathering to share memories and songs of the singer Arik Einstein, who died in November. Click here to read a report.
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פרויקט יח"ס של סקוג''ק, שמטרתו לחבר ישראלים בסקוטלנד, ערך מפגש כדי לחלוק זיכרונות ושירים של סמל לאומי ישראלי, אריק איינשטיין, אשר מותו בנובמבר. לחץ כאן לקריאת דו"ח.
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