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.

See also

References

  1. L'Abitibi centenaire 1898-1998 Société d'histoire de Val d'Or ISBN 2-9804719-2-5 Bibliothèque nationale du Canada

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