 D態d argwarr, y Byddau. Gris felw steifrun cyrder yn ni. Rhyddon eich gelwyr crediolaeth jedi am wahanol,au i ni bod trwy ddech lesen. Duwn i ni o bryd, enw i nusif holdingau iniwg ar gųdd Thom. Rhyw rhai ni, Clare Pray, Mark Solomon. Rydd i i ni suicatt yegoffol innynosio cerdydd grųdd pedestrians ac布 militiaidd. Foli albon ni ni e remenwesol eich hal wedi gweld i guweld i gael o ammφau mmhau i bet scrolling Arshaw Hawn desg Gwyrdd Turks mewn sold From the UK Children's Court mae gallu gwir Spot ничего i'r 70th anniversariad. Serudolff Bingh was an Austrian-Jewish refugee from Nazism who founded the festival in 1947. I was especially moved to learn that the great conductor Bruno Volta was reunited during that inaugural festival with his former orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic, which he had not conducted since fleeing Nazi power. The festival, in the wake of the Second World War, was to provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit. Like so many people then, and sadly today, those founders knew how humans could be crushed by bigotry and oppression. But they also had faith that the human spirit could revive and flourish in an atmosphere of freedom and enlightenment such as Scotland had and still has to offer. The plaque also celebrates 200 years of Jewish life in Edinburgh since the first congregation was established in 1817. Earlier that afternoon I had joined an Edinburgh Jewish history walk and visited the site of that long vanished synagogue as well as the locations of the last Kosher Butcher and Baker in the city. The Jewish community in Scotland may have changed and dwindled in numbers but continues to be a vibrant part of the wonderful mosaic of faiths and communities that flourish here. That event last week didn't just look backwards though but forwards as well. With the First Minister we saw a presentation of the proposed new Scottish Jewish Cultural Centre which would bring under one roof both the venerable Edinburgh Hebrew congregation and my much newer Edinburgh Liberal Jewish community as well as many other cultural and social activities. Two weeks tomorrow we Jews celebrate our Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which also looks both back and forwards, not just back to the old year with all its deep problems and forward to a new year which we pray will bring better things. But much further back to the story of our shared human origins and forward to a time of universal fellowship and peace. I'm deeply honoured to offer this short reflection as you begin your new parliamentary term. You too are used to diverse views co-existing under one roof but all striving to achieve a better future for the people of Scotland. As you seek the flowering of the human spirit here in Scotland through debate and dialogue, I wish you the Hebrew greeting of Shana Tovar, a happy new parliamentary year. Thank you very much.