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May 2008	People from across Scotland converged on Muiravonside Country Park for the intercommunal Lag b'Omer barbecue. Click here to find out more.
May 2008	The 60th anniversary of Israeli Independence was celebrated at Yom Ha'Atzmaut events in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Click here to read a report.
May 2008	Yom HaShoah memorial events were held in both Glasgow and Edinburgh to remember those who died during the Holocaust. Click here to read a report.
Mar 2008	SCoJeC held a very successful programme in Aberdeen over Purim and the following Shabbat during which the megillah (Book of Esther) was read from a 200 year old scroll belonging to Aberdeen University. Click here to read a report.
Mar 2008	SCoJeC has complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the failure of some Scottish newspapers to effectively moderate their online comment forums has resulted in the publication of virulently antisemitic material. Click here to read a report.
Feb 2008	Dianna Wolfson, who recently stepped down from the post of Convener to the Scottish Inter Faith Council, discussed her life and experiences with Anna Magnusson, BBC Scotland head of Religious Broadcasting. Click here to read a report.
Jan 2008	Ernest Levy, a survivor of Auschwitz who now lives in Glasgow, spoke movingly about his experiences to Mike Wade for an article published in the Times just before Holocaust Memorial Day. Click here to read the article.
Jan 2008	SCoJeC is delighted that, following its briefing to the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, the Scottish Government has responded to a parliamentary question by reaffirming its support for shechitah. SCoJeC also welcomes an apology from a petitioner to the Scottish Parliamentwhich was made after we expressed concern that the wording of his petition, which opposes shechitah, was offensive. Click here to read the Jewish Telegraph report.
Dec 2007	SCoJeC Director, Ephraim Borowski, has been awarded an MBE for "Services on behalf of the Jewish Community in Scotland" in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Click here to read a report.
Dec 2007	Click here for photos of SCoJeC's Chanukah party in Dundee.
Dec 2007	At SCoJeC's invitation, First Minister, Alex Salmond, visited Calderwood Lodge Jewish Primary School, and Giffnock Synagogue, and attended a meeting with communal leaders. Click here to read a report of the visit.
Oct 2007	SCoJeC's AGM was held in Glasgow. The guest speaker was George Reid, former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. Click here for more information.
May 2007	Dianna Wolfson, Convener of the Scottish Inter-Faith Council and former head of Calderwood Lodge Jewish Primary School, addressed the Church of Scotland at its General Assembly in Edinburgh. Click here to read the full report.
May 2007	SCoJeC Secretary, Paul Spicker, writes in the Jewish Telegraph about the problems facing small Jewish communities throughout the UK. Click here to read his article.
May 2007	Ephraim Borowski and Leah Granat represented SCoJeC at the "Kirking of the Parliament" which was held in St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh on 8 May 2007. Click here to read the full report.
April 2007	Ephraim Borowski, SCoJeC Director, has been named as one of the most influential people in the UK Jewish community in a report by the Jewish Chronicle. Click here to read the full report.
Jan 2007	SCoJeC followed up it's recent evidence to the Scottish Parliament on the subject of Nazi-looted art, by briefing MSPs who participated in a debate on about the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill. As a result Deputy Justice Minister, Johann Lamont, who described the debate as 'significant', assured the Scottish Parliament that Ministers will pursue the issue at Westminster. Click here to read the full report.
Jan 2007	Holocaust Memorial Day was marked at the Scottish National event in Kirkcaldy where a procession bearing 1000 torches wound its way through the centre of the town past a new, permanent Memorial to the Holocaust. Click here to read the full report.
Jan 2007	Rev Ernest Levy launched his second book, 'The Single Light' at the Scottish Parliament. Click here to read the full report.
Dec 2006	SCoJeC's Chanukah party took place in Lochgilphead. Click here to read the full report.
Nov 2006	SCoJeC's AGM was held in Edinburgh. The guest speaker was the Very Rev Finlay Macdonald, Principal Clerk to the Church of Scotland. Click here for more information.
Nov 2006	Ephraim Borowski, Director of SCoJeC, became the first person from a non-Christian background to deliver the Baillie Lecture for the Centre for Theology and Public Issues. Click here to read the full report.
Sept 2006	Following a summer of constant media reports about tension in the Middle East, and the publication of the All-Party Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism Report which documented a worrying rise in UK antisemitic incidents, SCoJeC held three events for teenagers to provide them with an opportunity to discuss their experiences of antisemitism. Click here to read the full report.
Mar 2006	SCoJeC hosted a debate on the motion "This House believes that the Scottish Parliament has not lived up to expectations". Click here to read the full report.