Jewish servicemen outside South Portland Street Synagogue c 1916.
Around 1,200 Glasgow Jews enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War, of whom eighty-six died in action.
South Portland Street Synagogue opened in 1901 and was the focus of Judaism in the Gorbals.
Reference: PHO.S.0004
Reproduced with the permission of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
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