Judaica in Scotland, 1817 - Present: Objects of Faith, Migration and Identity

我最感兴趣的是研究苏格兰犹太教的风格、生产和仪式用法，以揭示苏格兰犹太人的移民模式、社会互动、政治地位，当然还有宗教习俗。我的学习和研究向我表明，物质文化就像艺术一样，可以充分说明特定时间和地点的人类体验，我毫不怀疑，苏格兰犹太人的仪式物品代表了英国外围犹太社区的跨文化体验。我很高兴听到这一研究领域正在探索苏格兰风景中的犹太人经历，并希望成为讨论的一部分。要做到这一点，需要调查苏格兰犹太礼仪物品在家里和礼拜场所的风格选择，以及与大约同一时期欧洲其他地区的非犹太宗教物品和犹太教物品的交叉比较。我热衷于发现哪些物品可以告诉我们犹太社区是如何相互联系的，以及他们是如何被普通民众看待的；整体宗教仪式和犹太人口构成。我希望看到苏格兰犹太物质文化的发展受到其所有者和创造者不同生活经历的影响，而不是以一种孤立的方式出现。我意识到将需要背景档案研究，并欢迎有机会探索苏格兰的图书馆和档案馆。当然，我也有兴趣深入研究欧洲各地博物馆的犹太教藏品，并希望进一步促进苏格兰境内的仓库的催化作用。我强烈认为，博物馆空间内的犹太文物应该被认为属于不同的收藏品，并应考虑到保存和传播它们所需的资金和FaceTime。为此，应使用准确的元数据对这些材料进行适当编目，并开发在线数据库，以便对手头的材料进行全球研究。

I am most interested in researching the style, production, and ritual usage of Scottish Judaica in order to uncover the migratory patterns, social interactions, political standing, and, of course, religious observance of Scottish Jews. My studies and research have shown me that material culture, much like art, can speak volumes about human experience during a particular time and place and I have no doubt that Scottish Jewish ritual objects represent the transcultural experience of peripheral Jewish communities of the UK. I am excited to hear that this area of study is being explored with regards to the Jewish experience in the Scottish landscape and would love to be part of the discussion. To do so will require investigating the stylistic choices of Scottish Jewish ceremonial objects both at home and at spaces of worship as well as the cross comparison to non-Jewish religious items and Judaica from other regions in Europe at around the same period. I am keen to uncover what objects can tell us about how Jewish communities networked amongst themselves as well as how they sought to be viewed by the general population; overall religious observance and Jewish population makeup. I expect to see that the development of Scottish Jewish material culture was influenced by the varied life experiences of its owners and creators, and in no way emerged in an isolated manner. I am aware that contextual archival research will be required and welcome the opportunity to explore the libraries and archives of Scotland. Naturally, I am also interested in delving into the Judaica collections at museums across Europe and hope to further the catalyzation of repositories within Scotland. I feel strongly that Jewish objects within the museum space should be recognized as belonging to distinct collections and given the funding and facetime required for their preservation and promulgation. To that end, these materials should be catalogued appropriately with accurate metadata and online databases should be developed to allow for the global study of the materials at hand.