General Information
Food
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You can check if a food is kosher at https://www.kosher.org.uk/
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Sainsburys Garthdee has a (very) small amount of Kosher food in its World Food section. Mark's Deli in Glasgow is the only kosher deli in Scotland (they can deliver to Aberdeen).
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You can buy kosher food online from sites such as https://koshercity.co/ , https://www.sabeny.com/, and https://israelifooddirect.com/
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There are no explicitly kosher restaurants in Aberdeen. However there many excellent vegetarian restaurants, such as Foodstory
History of the Aberdeen Jewish Community
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Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1893. It became the Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre in 2016 (Wikipedia entry)
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The best history of the community is the chapter on Aberdeen in Nathan Abram's book Caledonian Jews.
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Aberdeen University has a summary of the history of Judaica at the university.
Jewish Visitors to Aberdeen
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Visitors are welcome at our events! Please email aberdeensynagogue@gmail.com if you wish to attend an event. Note that we rarely get minyans outside of holidays and special events..
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In some cases Jewish visitors can stay in a flat in our building. Contact us for more information.
Religious
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There is no rabbi at Aberdeen. Sometimes rabbis visit us, but otherwise services are led by members of the community
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There is no mikvah in Aberdeen.
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We are very grateful to the Memorial Scrolls Trust for letting use of one of their Torah scrolls, MST 323 (originally from Bohemia and Moravia)
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Shabbat candle-lighting times are available from Chabad and Hebcal
Useful Organisations
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Scottish Council of Jewish Communities - Information about Jewish life, events, etc throughout Scotland
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University Jewish Society - open to students from all universities and colleges in the area