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For many Jewish patients, the availability of kosher meals in hospital and other health care settings is very important to recovery and well-being.

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Access to a Jewish chaplain can also be extremely important, particularly for Jewish patients approaching the end of life.

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NHS guidance on how to treat people with religious and cultural sensitivity after death, and the sensitivity of staff to these situations, is welcomed – but guidance and training, including regarding organ donation, must be refreshed regularly.

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The community supports the continued public funding of denominational schools and is proud that Scotland’s only Jewish school, Calderwood Lodge Primary School, is a pioneering interfaith initiative that shares its site with the Roman Catholic St Clare’s Primary School.

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The Scottish Jewish community is grateful for Scottish Government support for its culture and heritage including welfare organisations, an archives centre, synagogues, and a network of support for dispersed and isolated Jewish people.