MEMO 356 A weekly overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. http://www.scojec.org/memo/2013/memo_356_17_june_2013.pdf
SCoJeC has submitted a response to the National Records of Scotland consultation "Beyond 2011: user requirements for population and socio-demographic information". http://www.scojec.org/consultations/consultations.html
SCoJeC has advertised the post of Public Affairs Officer (part time).
Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday 24 June 2013
To find out what's involved see http://www.scojec.org/pao13.pdf
MEMO 355 A weekly overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. http://www.scojec.org/memo/2013/memo_355_10_june_2013.pdf
The Scottish Qualifications Authority has apologised for scheduling examinations on Shavuot after SCoJeC took up the cases of three pupils whose exams were affected with Michael Russell, the Cabinet Secretary for Education. http://www.scojec.org/news/2013/sqa.html
MEMO 354 A weekly overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. http://www.scojec.org/memo/2013/memo_354_3_june_2013.pdf
SCoJeC’s study of "Being Jewish in Scotland" was one of the topics at a conference about Edinburgh's Jewish history that took place at the University of Edinburgh, at which Gillian Raab and Ephraim Borowski, SCoJeC Vice-Chair and Director respectively, also explored what census data tells us about the Jewish population in Scotland. http://www.scojec.org/news/2013/13v_edinburgh_jews/ej.html
MEMO 353 A weekly overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. http://www.scojec.org/memo/2013/memo_353_27_may_2013.pdf
The Church of Scotland has deliberately and knowingly burnt the bridges with the Jewish Community in Scotland: the General Assembly was made aware of our concerns, yet voted explicitly to reject a call for continuing dialogue.
MEMO 352 A weekly overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. http://www.scojec.org/memo/2013/memo_352_20_may_2013.pdf
MEMO 351 A weekly overview of information of interest to minority ethnic communities in Scotland, including parliamentary activity at Holyrood and Westminster, new publications, consultations, forthcoming conferences and news reports. http://www.scojec.org/memo/2013/memo_351_13_may_2013.pdf
Following protests from SCoJeC and others to the Church of Scotland about the Church and Society Council report on "The Inheritance of Abraham?", the Council of Christians and Jews arranged a meeting between representatives of the Church and the Jewish Community, following which, a joint statement was issued. http://www.scojec.org/news/2013/13v_cos/cos_2.html
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