A JOINT project between two Scottish universities is charting the lives of Jewish immigrants who have made Scotland their home since the late 19th century.
Their stories have been brought to life in five short films – Points of Arrival – focusing on where they came from, when and how they arrived and their new lives in Scotland.
The films are part of Jewish Lives, Scottish Spaces – a joint research project between the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Among the people profiled are a former cantor at Garnethill synagogue in Glasgow, Isaac Hirshow, and Annie Lindey, a businesswoman and campaigner for the Jewish community in Scotland.
Artist Hilda Goldwag, who wheeled her paints, brushes and easel around industrial Glasgow to celebrate her adopted city, is featured in one film narrated by her granddaughter.
Also featured is 94-year-old Henry Wuga, who speaks regularly at schools and public events in the UK and in Germany, along with author Dorrith Sim, who has written a book about her childhood journey in 1939 from Germany to her new home in Edinburgh.
All their stories are told by contemporary narrators, whose own lives are connected to the theme of migration.
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