Religion in Scotland 1879. Over 8,000 Jews were resident in Scotland in 1903. Refugees from Nazism and the Second World War further augmented the Scottish Jewish community, which has been estimated to have reached 80,000 in the middle of the century. According to the 2001 census, approximately 6,400 Jews lived in Scotland, most of whom were in Glasgow (about 5,000) and the next largest community in Edinburgh (about 1,000). By the 2011 census this had fallen to 5,887. Scotland's Jewish population continues to be predominantly urban, with 80 per cent resident in Glasgow. As with Christianity, the practising Jewish population continues to fall,
Largest organisms shorter than some other echinoderms. The longest echinoderm known is the conspicuous sea cucumber "Synapta maculata", with a slender body that can extend up to . In comparison, the biggest sea star is the brisingid sea star "Midgardia xandaros", reaching a span of , despite being quite slender. "Evasterias echinosoma" is another giant echinoderm and can measure up to across and weigh . The largest nemertean is the bootlace worm, "Lineus longissimus". A specimen found washed ashore on a beach in St. Andrews, Scotland in 1864 was recorded at a length of . Both the largest mollusks and the largest