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Joseph (Yosef) Weinreb (1869–1943), also known as the "Galitzianer Rav," was the first chief rabbi of
Bill GladstoneYosef Weinreb (1869 - 1942)
/ref> After an ideological split in the congregation, a new synagogue was built on Terauley Street, on land donated by Zelig Shapira.Shapira family held key to Terauley Street synagogue
/ref> Weinreb died on October 15, 1943 in Toronto. His successor was Rabbi Gedalia Felder.
Documents in Ontario Jewish Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinreb, Joseph Canadian Orthodox rabbis Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Canadian people of Romanian-Jewish descent Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Canada 20th-century Canadian rabbis 19th-century Romanian rabbis 1869 births 1943 deaths Rabbis from Toronto People from Busk, Ukraine Romanian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Joseph (Yosef) Weinreb (1869–1943), also known as the "Galitzianer Rav," was the first chief rabbi of Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
, Canada.
Biography
Joseph Weinreb was born in Busk, Galicia, son of Rabbi Baruch Shlomo Weinreb and his wife Soore Ratze.Rabbinic career
He worked as a rabbi in Iași,Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
after receiving his smicha
Semikhah ( he, סמיכה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination.
The original ''semikhah'' was the formal "transmission of authority" from Moses through the generations. This form of ''semikhah'' ceased between 360 and 425 ...
(rabbinical ordination) from the Brejaner Rebbe. Around the year 1900, he received an invitation at the suggestion of his brother-in-law, Binyamin Kurtz, who was living in Toronto at that time, to serve as the rabbi of Toronto's Shomrai Shabbos congregation. The congregation had just purchased a building on Chestnut Street. Weinreb moved to Toronto with his two daughters, Malka and Lil, after his wife, Ethel, died in childbirth. In Toronto, he married his niece, Freyda, with whom he had three more children, Soore Ratze, Sol and Ruth. The rabbi purchased a home on Henry Street across from the Poilishe Shul, and continued to head the congregation for more than 40 years.Genealogy as a labour of loveBill GladstoneYosef Weinreb (1869 - 1942)
/ref> After an ideological split in the congregation, a new synagogue was built on Terauley Street, on land donated by Zelig Shapira.
/ref> Weinreb died on October 15, 1943 in Toronto. His successor was Rabbi Gedalia Felder.
See also
*History of the Jews in Toronto
Toronto's Jewish community is the most populous and one of the oldest in the country, forming a significant part of the history of the Jews in Canada. It numbered about 165,000 in the 2001 census, having overtaken Montreal in the 1970s. As of 20 ...
References
External links
Documents in Ontario Jewish Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinreb, Joseph Canadian Orthodox rabbis Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Canadian people of Romanian-Jewish descent Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Canada 20th-century Canadian rabbis 19th-century Romanian rabbis 1869 births 1943 deaths Rabbis from Toronto People from Busk, Ukraine Romanian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent