Aaron Hart (other)
Aaron Hart may refer to: * Aaron Hart (businessman) (1724–1800), businessman in Lower Canada * Aaron Hart (rabbi) Rabbi Aaron Uri Phoebus Hart ( he, רבי אהרן אורי פײבוש הרט, translit=Aharon Uri Feibush Hart; 1670 – 1756) was a British rabbi, who served as spiritual leader of the Ashkenazi Jews, Ashkenazi Great Synagogue of London from ...

Aaron Hart (businessman)
Aaron Philip Hart ( Hebrew name; משה אורי בן יחזקאל, ''Moses Uri ben Ezekiel''; August 16, 1724 – December 28, 1800) was a businessman in Lower Canada and one of the first Jews to settle in the colony. He is considered the father of Canadian Jewry. He was one of the founding members of Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal (Shearith Israel), a wealthy man with numerous landed estates, and the married father of four sons, including the future politician Ezekiel Hart, and four daughters. Biography Early life Aaron was born August 16, 1724, at London, England, to Yehezkel (Ezekiel) and Judith Hirsh, immigrants from Fürth, now in Bavaria (they later changed their name to Hart, the English version of their name). He became a member of the St. Paul's Lodge of Freemasons on June 10, 1760, making him one of the first Jews in North America to become a Mason. Some accounts say mistakenly that Hart crossed the Atlantic with Sir Frederick Haldimand during the S ...
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