Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue
The Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue is a synagogue located in the city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1948 as the Beit Knesset Israel in Hebrew or Kneseth Israel Congregation in English by the Rouyn-Noranda Hebrew Congregation. A first wooden synagogue was built in 1932 before the same place. It was closed as a place of Jewish worship in 1972.
Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue.
History of the Jews in Rouyn-Noranda
The first Jew to live in Rouyn-Noranda was Louis Scott, who stood on the edge of Osisko Lake.[1] However, Mr. and Mrs. D. Caplan are actually the first to be cited at the opening of the second synagogue in 1949.
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See also
References
- L'Abitibi centenaire 1898-1998 Société d'histoire de Val d'Or ISBN 2-9804719-2-5 Bibliothèque nationale du Canada
External links
- Vue général de la ville de Noranda en 1937 avec, en arrière-plan, la Mine Noranda. On y voit la synagogue. Cliquez sur Voir les image(s):1.
- Étude d’ensemble et inventaire du patrimoine bâti de Rouyn-Noranda
- La vie religieuse dans les paroisses rurales et minières de l’Abitibi
- (in French) Histoire de la communauté juive du Québec
- (in French) Corporation gérant les deux sites historiques de Rouyn-Noranda dont l'église orthodoxe russe et son centre d'interprétation sur l'histoire des immigrants
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