Feb 2012
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SCoJeC has joined party leaders across the political spectrum, trades unions, and faith groups in Scotland in calling on Glasgow City Council to refuse permission for the Scottish Defence League to hold a public procession in Glasgow. Click here to read a report.
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Jan 2012
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Holocaust Educational Trust ambassadors Iona Broadhurst and Faith Bulle, pupils at Grove Academy in Dundee, spoke at the Scottish National Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 event about their experience of visiting Auschwitz. Click here to read their presentation.
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Jan 2012
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Former Chief Rabbi of Denmark, Rabbi Bent Melchior, gave a powerful speech laced with optimism, humour, and profound wisdom, at Dundee Synagogue's Holocaust Memorial Day event. Click here to read a report.
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Jan 2012
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"Time for Reflection" in the Scottish Parliament was presented by Katie McKenna and Dominic Bradley, pupils from East Dunbartonshire who have participated in the Holocaust Educational Trust’s "Lessons from Auschwitz" project. Click here to read "Time for Reflection".
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Dec 2011
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Mohammed Sandia has been sentenced for posting antisemitic comments on the Scotsman website. Click here to read a report.
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Dec 2011
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SCoJeC has become the first charity in the Jewish Community to be approved by the Scottish Charity Regulator as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO).
Click here to read a report.
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Nov 2011
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SCoJeC is delighted to have arranged the Chief Rabbi’s first visit to the Scottish Parliament in six years. As he did on his previous visits in 2002 and 2005, the Chief Rabbi led the Time for Reflection that opens the plenary meeting of the Scottish Parliament each Wednesday, as well as meeting political and church leaders.
Click here to read a report.
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Nov 2011
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SCoJeC continually emphasises that Scotland is generally a welcoming and hospitable place for Jewish people to live – relative to England, there are fewer antisemitic incidents relative to the population, and in general they are less serious. However, recent research has suggested that this may be unduly complacent. Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2011
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SCoJeC is delighted to announce the appointment of Fiona Frank as Project Worker on the Government-funded "Being Jewish in Scotland" project. Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2011
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Recent incidents of antisemitic comments about the Jewish community topped the agenda when representatives of SCoJeC met the new Solicitor General, Lesley Thomson QC. Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2011
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SCoJeC was delighted to arrange for the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, to address a well-attended public meeting about 'Tackling Religious Hatred'. Click here to read a report.
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Sept 2011
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Click here to read First Minister Alex Salmond's Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish community.
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Sept 2011
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As head of the prosecution service, Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC reaffirmed the commitment of Crown Office to tackle antisemitism when he met representatives of SCoJeC. Click here to read a report.
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Sept 2011
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SCoJeC is delighted to announce the award of a grant of £21,720 by the Scottish Government for "Being Jewish in Scotland", a short study of the varied experiences of Jewish people throughout Scotland. Click here to read the press release.
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Aug 2011
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In a widely reported case, a St Andrews student, Paul Donnachie, has been convicted in Cupar Sheriff Court of “acting in a racially aggravated manner which caused distress or alarm” to a Jewish fellow-student. Click here to read a report.
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Jul 2011
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Brazilian Jewish community leader and magazine editor, Ronaldo Hazan da Gomlevsky, visited the Scottish Jewish Community to gather information for a feature in Menorah Magazine. Click here to read a report.
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Jul 2011
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Four senior members of SCoJeC, who have all been lifelong members of the University and College Union and its predecessors, have joined many other Jewish academics in resigning over the Union's adoption of a policy that legitimises antisemitism. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2011
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SCoJeC's AGM was held at Edinburgh Synagogue. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2011
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Discussions last year between the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities and the Scottish Refugee Council resulted in three Refugee Week projects, a short film, a play, and an exhibition. Click here to read a report and watch the video.
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Jun 2011
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski and Deputy Director Leah Granat met the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning to discuss issues of concern to the Jewish Community. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2011
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski has been elected Convener of the ethnic minority infrastructure body BEMIS. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2011
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SCoJeC's third annual briefing for communal organisations on changes to legislation that could impact on the community was attended by nearly 30 representatives from more than 20 communal organisations. Click here to read a report.
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May 2011
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski contributed a specially-composed prayer in Hebrew and English to the "Kirking" of the new Parliament. Click here to read a report.
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Mar 2011
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A more convenient way of accessing the highly successful "Jewish Way of Life" software via the SCoJeC website has been launched by Lord Robert Winston. Click here to read a report.
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Mar 2011
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SCoJeC's proposal for a study of the experience of "Being Jewish in Scotland" took another step forward with a Scottish Government organised meeting in Newton Mearns Synagogue. Click here to read a report.
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Mar 2011
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski took part in a colloquium on race equality in Scotland in the Scottish Parliament. Click here to read a report.
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Jan 2011
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Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp, the former president of the European region of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, was the guest speaker at Scottish National Holocaust Day. Click here to hear his speech.
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Dec 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski has contributed an essay to "Achieving Race Equality in Scotland" (pub. Runnymede). Click here to read the publication.
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Nov 2010
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SCoJeC Chair, Prof Paul Spicker, wrote about "The Politics of Hate" in the annual STUC anti-racism brochure. Click here to read his contribution.
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Nov 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski, and Public Affairs Officer Leah Granat met the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore MP, to discuss issues of relevance to the community. Click here to read a report.
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Nov 2010
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The case against Mohammed Sandia, charged with having posted antisemitic comments on the Scotsman newspaper website, continued in Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski, and Public Affairs Officer Leah Granat met Struan Stevenson MEP to discuss a European Parliament threat to kosher meat production. Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2010
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A man charged in Edinburgh Sheriff Court with having posted antisemitic comments on the Scotsman newspaper website has changed his plea to "guilty". Click here to read a report.
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Oct 2010
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SCoJeC were honoured to sponsor an interfaith symposium jointly with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow to mark the 45th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican document that set the scene for a complete transformation of relations between the Catholic Church and the Jewish Community. Click here to read a report.
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Sept 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski, and Public Affairs Officer Leah Granat met the Labour leader Iain Gray MSP to discuss issues of relevance to the community. Click here to read a report.
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Aug 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski, and Public Affairs Officer Leah Granat met the Solicitor General, Frank Mulholland QC, to continue discussions about alternative methods of post-mortem examination. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2010
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SCoJeC and the Community Safety Unit of the Scottish Government have been discussing a project to find out more about the experience of Jewish people in Scotland. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2010
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SCoJeC's AGM was held at the Jewish Community Centre in Giffnock. Click here to read a report.
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Jun 2010
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SCoJeC organised a meeting between medical experts, Crown Office, a member of the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, and representatives of the Jewish and Muslim communities to discuss alternatives to surgical post-mortem. Click here to read a report
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Jun 2010
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Click here for photos of the summer barbecue at Dundee Synagogue!
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Jun 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski was interviewed on "Good Morning Scotland" about the Jewish Community's view of the "Gaza flotilla". Click here to hear a recording.
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Apr 2010
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In advance of the General Election, SCoJeC has joined 55 other organisations in signing an
interfaith pledge of unity and solidarity. Click here to find out more.
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Apr 2010
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SCoJeC, in association with Strathclyde Police and Maccabi Scotland, organised an "ACT Now" event for youth leaders to discuss community safety issues in the context of a fictitious terrorist incident. Click here to read a report.
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Mar 2010
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Click here to read Scotland's Jews: Community and Political Challenges by SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski, and former Chair Kenneth Collins (published by the Institute for Global Jewish Affairs)
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Mar 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski was one of the invited speakers at a Conference organised by the Solicitor General and ACPOS, to mark the commencement of new legislation creating a statutory aggravation for hate crime. Click here to read a report.
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Jan 2010
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SCoJeC Director Ephraim Borowski and Rabbi Moshe Rubin, the senior Rabbi in Scotland, were amongst faith leaders and community representatives invited to lunch in St Mungo's Museum by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy MP.
Click here to read a report.
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