Jewish History Tour
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1. Bishop’s Close We begin here in the Old Town, the heart of the medieval city, at Bishop’s Close, off the High Street between the Mitre and Royal Mile Tavern. Read more… |
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2. Cranston Street, looking towards Calton Hill In 1794, one Hyman Lyon is among the 18 Jews in the register of aliens. Read more… |
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3. Drummond Street The community expanded between 1880 and 1914, the years of the great westward migration of Jews from Eastern Europe. Read more… |
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4. 5 Roxburgh Street, Drs Sam and Julius Lipetz’s GP Practice Sam and Julius Lipetz’s GP practice was here at 5 Roxburgh Street, next to the office of their patient, Nobel Laureate Peter Higgs at no.3. Read more… |
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5. North Richmond Street The first synagogue in Scotland was established in a rented room in Richmond Court in 1817. Read more… |
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6. East Crosscauseway, Kleinberg’s Bakery We are now in the heart of the Jewish area of the early 20th century. This is where many Jews lived, and certainly where they shopped. Read more… |
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7. Buccleuch Place: Lurie’s Butcher Shop Lurie’s Butcher Shop was established by Joe’s uncle Lewis Lurie, an immigrant.Read more… |
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8. The Meadows: The ‘Yiddish Parliament’ Prior to the opening of the Salisbury Road Synagogue in 1932, which brought together the Russisher/Griner and Englisher Shuls on the Southside, all who had moved south were required to re-track their route across the Meadows. Read more… |
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9. 6 Millerfield Place: Sciennes Primary School 6 Millerfield Place was the family home of Edinburgh’s most famous rabbi, Dr Salis Daiches, the father of literary scholar David Daiches. Read more… |
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10. Livingstone Place Before us is the edge of the Grange, which some Jews might have aspired to at the turn of the 20th century, but few would have reached until after World War II. Read more… |
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11. Sciennes House Place: Braid Place Cemetery Braid Place cemetery was the first communal Jewish cemetery in Edinburgh. Read more… |
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12. Salisbury Road Synagogue / Community Centre Here we are in Salisbury Road synagogue, a building designed to reflect the significance of the Scottish capital’s Jewish community. Read more… |