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List Of Jewish Communities In North America
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. A yeshiva usually is led by a rabbi with the title "Rosh Yeshiva" (Head of the Yeshiva). Canada Alberta * Beth Israel Synagogue *Beth Shalom Synagogue (Edmonton) * Little Synagogue on the Prairie * Temple Beth Ora Synagogue (Edmonton) British Columbia * Congregation Beth Israel * Congregation Emanu-El (Victoria, British Columbia) *Congregation Schara Tzedeck * King David High School of Vancouver, BC * Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture * Vancouver Hebrew Academy *Vancouver Talmud Torah Manitoba * Ohr HaTorah Day School * Shaarey Zedek Synagogue *Winnipeg Jewish Theatre New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador * Beth El Synagogue Northwest Territories Nova Scotia * Beth Israel Synagogue Nunavut Ontario *Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshiva
A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy are studied in parallel. The studying is usually done through daily ''shiurim'' (lectures or classes) as well as in study pairs called '' chavrusas'' (Aramaic for 'friendship' or 'companionship'). ''Chavrusa''-style learning is one of the unique features of the yeshiva. In the United States and Israel, different levels of yeshiva education have different names. In the United States, elementary-school students enroll in a ''cheder'', post- bar mitzvah-age students learn in a ''metivta'', and undergraduate-level students learn in a ''beit midrash'' or ''yeshiva gedola'' ( he, ישיבה גדולה, , large yeshiva' or 'great yeshiva). In Israel, elementary-school students enroll in a ''Talmud Torah'' or ''cheder'', post-bar mitzvah-age students l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King David School, Vancouver
King David High School () is a pluralistic Jewish community high school in Vancouver, British Columbia. The high school offers comprehensive general and Judaic studies programs, enabling students to benefit from both the product and the process of learning. History The high school opened as Maimonides Secondary School in September 1987, housed on the upper floor of Schara Tzedeck Synagogue. The school moved to Baillie Street in 1992, and was renamed to Talmud Torah High School in 1998. In 2005, King David High School opened the doors to a new facility at Willow and 41st Avenue, in close proximity to the Vancouver Jewish Community Centre. The school continues to receive changes to its interior and exterior structure. Around 2011, the school received a renovation to its library interior. These types of changes will continue to happen for years to come. More recently, the high school has planned to extend the school for 2026, ridding its current backyard. Facilities and academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst Jewish Community Centre
The Prosserman Jewish Community Centre is a Jewish Community Centre for the Toronto area. It is located along Bathurst Street in the Bathurst Manor neighbourhood of Toronto. History The Bathurst Jewish Community Centre was founded in 1930 as the YMHA (Young Men's Hebrew Association). In 1953 a new facility was built, the Bloor Street "Y" at Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue. It is still there today, but has been completely renovated and is now called the Miles Nadal JCC.UJA In 1958, a new JCC campus was started to the north on Bathurst Street to meet demand from changing demographics in that corridor. The BJCC eventually contained a range of facilities and programs, including multiple athletic spaces, the Leah Posluns Theatre, Centre Camp, Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, the Family Resource Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anshei Minsk
Anshei Minsk (formally Beth Israel Anshei Minsk, informally the Minsk) is a synagogue in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1912 by poor Jewish immigrants from what is now Belarus (mostly Minsk), which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. The current Byzantine Revival building was completed in 1930. The congregation has had only three full-time rabbis: Meyer Levy (1916–1921), Meyer Zimmerman (1940–1954), and Shmuel Spero, who has served from 1988 to the present. It is the only Orthodox synagogue in Downtown Toronto with a full-time rabbi, and the only one that holds daily services. Founding Anshei Minsk was the first congregation formed in the Kensington Market neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1912, at a time when most of Toronto's Jewish population still lived in The Ward but were moving westward in increasing numbers to the Market and the surrounding area. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adath Shalom (Ottawa)
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Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto)
Adath Israel Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located at 37 Southbourne Avenue in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario. It is one of the largest Conservative Synagogues in Canada, with approximately 1,600 member families. Like the majority of Conservative synagogues in the Toronto area, and in contrast to most American Conservative synagogues, has not adopted egalitarianism. In 2008, the congregation seceded from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and affiliated with the Canadian Council of Conservative Synagogues. History Adath Israel was founded in 1903 by Jewish immigrants from Romania as the First Roumanian Hebrew Congregation Adath Israel. New immigrants from Roumania first met in a rental space, later moving to three congregation's first permanent home on Centre Avenue. In 1911 the synagogue dedicated a new building on Bathurst Street near Dundas Street, where Abraham Kelman was the rabbi. In 1947, Erwin Schild became the rabbi. In the next few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Israel Synagogue (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Beth Israel Synagogue ( he, בית ישראל) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 1480 Oxford Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Synagogue website Accessed August 22, 2009. Formally chartered by a in the Nova Scotia legislature in 1895, it grew out of the Baron de Hirsch Hebrew Benevolent Society (named after Baron ), which was formed in 1890. It was the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth El Synagogue (Newfoundland)
Beth El Synagogue is a Conservative synagogue in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the only synagogue in Newfoundland, and the easternmost synagogue in North America. , Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee, 2008, p. 1. The Hebrew Congregation of Newfoundland was founded in 1909 as an Orthodox congregation meeting in rented spaces in town. The earliest members were Jews from the United States; later, many Russian Jews who had defected from the Soviet Union became members during the Cold War.Newfoundland , Atlantic Jewish Council website. Accessed November 28, 2010. The current synagogue building at the corner of Elizabeth and Downing was constructed from 1959 to 1961, and features include an open courtyard. |
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre is a theatre based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was founded in 1987 and is the only professional theatre in Canada dedicated to Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ... themes. The theatre's mandate is to present professional theatre of high artistic quality that reflects the Jewish experience of the past, present and future; to encourage the creation of new Canadian plays of Jewish interest; to encourage the development and participation of Canadian playwrights, performers, production personnel; and to promote a better understanding of Jewish culture in the community at large. External links Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Theatres in Winnipeg Theatre companies in Manitoba Jewish Canadian culture Jewish theatres Jewish organizations bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue (Winnipeg)
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue ("Gates of Righteousness") is the oldest synagogue in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Formed in 1880, the congregation's first building was constructed by Philip Brown and several others in 1890. Architect Charles Henry Wheeler designed the original Synagogue on King Street (1889–90). The synagogue has been located at 561 Wellington Crescent off Academy Road, on the western bank of the Assiniboine River, since 1950. History Before the synagogues came to be established by Jews in Canada, history of emigration to Canada, very much before World War I, is replete with the hardships faced due to migration from Russia and other countries and living under very trying conditions. The first settlers came to Canada much earlier in 1880. Canada was in need of immigrants and Jews from Russia and other countries fitted the bill. Initially the community established temporary synagogues in rented houses. However, the first congregation of Jews had begun in 1880 when a tiny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohr HaTorah Day School
Ohr HaTorah Day School was an Orthodox Jewish day school, located in the River Heights neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It existed between 1998 - 2011, when it closed due to declining enrollment. The school was founded in 1998 by a group of parents who were interested in a combination of high-level studies in both Torah and general subjects. They did not think such studies were available at other schools in Winnipeg. History Rabbi Yaacov Benamou was the first principal of Ohr HaTorah. He was also serving as Senior Rabbi at the Herzlia-Adas Yeshurun Synagogue, which hosted the school. The school combined Judaic, Hebrew and general studies, emphasizing Torah values and Zionism. Ohr HaTorah was funded by parents' tuition, the Manitoba Education Ministry, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, and Torah Umesorah, a national Jewish organization in the United States that had developed Jewish schools in North America since 1944. Ohr HaTorah Day School also operated a full- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
