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Scotland's First Jewish Community |
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There is evidence that Edinburgh welcomed and supported the Congregation, and that the feeling in the 19th Century was one of religious tolerance. In 1834, when a public meeting was held to call for the abolition of alls laws that discriminated against Jews, the event was given coverage by both the Courant and the Scotsman, the former publishing a sympathetic leading article in support of the Jews. When, following the meeting, a petition was sent to London it was signed by the Lord Provost, all members of the town council and 29 clergymen, as well as many others.
However, despite the climate of tolerance, there is some evidence that indicates that the Jewish Community were still seen as outsiders. On 3rd July 1827 Alexander Phillips, a dealer in furs, was found dead, presumed murdered. Charles and Margaret McMahon were arrested and tried for murder and theft. In a contemporary Broadside, a trial report begins 'An account of the Trial and Sentence, of Charles and Margaret M'Mahon, accused of the Murder and Robbery of a Jew on the easter road Leith,' with Phillips only being identified by name, rather than by his faith, later on in the document.
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