The Council was founded in 1914 to speak on behalf of the Jewish community of Glasgow and West of Scotland. It fosters good relations between the community and other local religious and civic bodies, sending delegates to these as appropriate. The Council provides a democratic forum for synagogues and welfare, educational, social and cultural organisations, while liaising with them to ensure that the community operates effectively.

The Council represents the community on a variety of non-Governmental and voluntary bodies, including ...  

Board of Deputies	Paul Edlin, Edward Isaacs
East Renfrewshire Council District Education Committee	Dianna Wolfson
East Renfrewshire Minority Ethnic Communities Forum	Silverdale, Angela Shapiro
East Renfrewshire Race Equality Partnership	Sandra Silverdale
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre	Joel Conn
Giffnock & Thornliebank, Netherlee, Stamperlandand Williamwood Area Forum	Monty Cowen
Glasgow City Council – Forum of Faiths East Renfewshire Forum of Faiths	Philip Mendelsohn, Stephen Kliner   Angela Shapiro
Glasgow Sharing of Faiths	Fiona and Howard Brodie
Glasgow Youth Fund	Stephen Kliner, Sue Faber
Scottish Council of Jewish Communities	Philip Mendelsohn, Edward Isaacs, Daniel    Clapham, Walter Sneader, Stephen Kliner
Scottish Women's Interfaith Group	Sandra Silverdale
Sharing of Faiths Committee	Sharon Schlesinger
Trust Multicultural Advisory	Dianna Wolfson
Glasgow & West of Scotland Council of Christians and Jews	Dianna Wolfson, Walter Sneader, Myrna   Sneader, Ann Kubie, Ian Leifer, Mickey Green

      
Some of the Council's other responsibilities include ...

working closely with, and helping to fund, the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCJC), which represents the Jewish Community in Scotland to Government and other statutory and official bodies. The SCJC monitors the Scottish Parliament, and liaises with MSPs and others on matters affecting the community.

working closely with the Board of Deputies and sending a delegate to its meetings in London.

liaising with and meeting other Representative Councils in the Northern Region of the UK.

supporting and liaising with the Community Security Trust (CST) in the physical defence of the community.

maintaining a community emergency plan in cooperation with local authorities.

responding promptly to any situation that arises which may affect the wellbeing of the community, e.g. the appearance of antisemitic material in the public domain.

meeting with local MPs, MSPs, councillors, council officers, and trade union leaders.

meeting with local editors and journalists in furtherance of the community's interest.

ensuring that discrimination against Jews does not occur in the workplace. supporting the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ),which it helped to establish in the 1980s.

organising the Annual Holocaust Memorial Meeting , which is consistently attended by 250 to 300 people.

advising educational bodies on Holocaust matters and on Judaism

setting up school visits to synagogues and providing speakers to other organisations on request

maintaining a diary of community events.

The charitable arm of the Council is recognised by the Inland Revenue as a Charity, no. SCO16626.