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*[[David Brown (Scottish Jew)]], first recorded Jew in Edinburgh |
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* [[Oscar Slater]], victim of [[miscarriage of justice]] cleared by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] |
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==Converts to Judaism== |
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* [[Isla Fisher]], Born to Scottish parents converted to Judaism upon marriage. |
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==People of Scottish-Jewish extraction== |
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This is a list of Scottish people of some Jewish background, or Jewish people with a Scottish background or connection:
Academic figures and scientists
- Charlotte Auerbach, geneticist (JYB 1977 p207)
- David Daiches, writer and literary critic, and father of Jenni Calder
- Jack David Dunitz, chemist
- Alfred Edersheim, Bible scholar
- Philip Hobsbaum, academic and literary critic at Glasgow University and an influence on many Scottish writers as diverse as Aonghas MacNeacail and Jeff Torrington
- Peter Kravitz, editor of the compilation, Contemporary Scottish Fiction, and literary critic
- Leonard Schapiro[1] historian
- Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg, Emeritus Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine, University of Glasgow
- Stefan Reif
- J. M. Robson geneticist and physicist, lived and worked in Edinburgh
- George Sassoon scientist, electronic engineer, linguist, translator and author, buried on Mull, where he spent much of his childhood.
- Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, contemporary Torah scholar and author
Arts, literature and music
- Jenni Calder, literary figure and daughter of David Daiches
- Jeremy Isaacs, broadcaster
- Knopfler Brothers (Dire Straits), rock musicians, Glasgow born, but raised in Newcastle
- David Knopfler, guitarist
- Mark Knopfler, guitarist and vocalist
- Hannah Frank, sculptor (studied under Benno Schotz below)
- Macdonald brothers, grandsons of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger
- Andrea McLean, GMTV Presenter (ethnically Russian-Jewish family who converted to Christianity)
- Rebecca Pidgeon, actress, singer and songwriter, grew up in Edinburgh.[1]
- Benno Schotz, sculptor
- Shulman brothers, mostly known for Gentle Giant (Ray Shulman does not have a Scottish background himself)
- Muriel Spark, novelist (Jewish father; mother Anglican but Muriel Spark's son says that she had Jewish parents; converted to Catholicism later in life)
- Cecil Philip Taylor, playwright, born in Glasgow.
- Eric Woolfson, ead singer, songwriter and lyricist, executive producer, pianist, and co-founder of The Alan Parsons Project.
- Paul Goodman, writer
- Alan Brody, Marching Snare
Business and the professions
- Asher Asher, the first Scottish Jew to enter the medical profession and author of the book The Jewish Rite of Circumcision (1873).
- Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove[2] first female Court of Session judge
- Sir Monty Finniston, industrialist
- Ivor Tiefenbrun MBE the founder and Chairman of Linn Products Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland-based manufacturers of Hi-fi and home entertainment equipment.
- Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf, judge, brought up and educated in Scotland
Political figures
- Rodney Berman, Liberal Democrat
- Myer Galpern, Lord Provost of Glasgow; MP
- Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, son of Hannah Primrose, and Secretary of State for Scotland in 1945
- Malcolm Rifkind, politician
- Manny Shinwell, politician
Philanthropists
- Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery, Rothschild, and philanthropist
Religious and communal leaders
- Cyril Harris, Chief Rabbi of South Africa
- Rabbi Shmuel Yitzchak Hillman
- Rabbi Yaakov Benzion Mendelson
- Rabbi Louis Isaac Rabinowitz
- Rabbi Naftoli Shapiro
Showbusiness
- Ronni Ancona (Sephardi), comedienne (Jewish Chronicle, 28/09/2005, Diary p.66, "Could there a hint of racial stereotyping in the Almeida's decision to cast two Jewish actors — Ronni Ancona and Henry Goodman — in its upcoming production of The Hypochondriac?")
- Ivor Cutler, musician, teacher and comedian
- Jerry Sadowitz, controversial comedian and conjurer
- Arnold Brown (comedian)
Sports
- Dougie Freedman, footballer
- Gary Jacobs, boxer
Miscellaneous
- David Brown (Scottish Jew), first recorded Jew in Edinburgh
- Oscar Slater, victim of miscarriage of justice cleared by Arthur Conan Doyle
Converts to Judaism
- Isla Fisher, Born to Scottish parents converted to Judaism upon marriage.
- Lord George Gordon
People of Scottish-Jewish extraction
- Alicia Silverstone, American actress, Scottish born Jewish parents (mother a convert).
See also
- ^ "born in Glasgow of an anglophile [sic] Riga Jewish family". Concise Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ "Feature article". culham.ac.uk.