Congregation Beth Tikvah

Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari (Hebrew: ק״ק בֵּית תִקְוָה אַהֲבָת שָׁלוֹם נוֹסָח הַאֲרִ״י‬), also known simply as Beth Tikvah (Hebrew: בֵּית תִקְוָה‬, transl. 'House of Hope'), is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada.

For similarly named synagogues, see Beth Tikvah.

Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari
Hebrew: ק״ק בית תקוה אהבת שלום נוסח האר״י‬
Religion
AffiliationModern Orthodox Judaism
RiteAshkenazi
Leadership
  • Rabbi Marc Mandel
  • Rabbi Dr. Mordecai E. Zeitz (emeritus)[1]
StatusActive
Location
Location136 Westpark Boulevard, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
CountryCanada
Congregation Beth Tikvah is located in Montreal
Congregation Beth Tikvah
Location in Montreal
Geographic coordinates45°29′32″N 73°49′10″W
Architecture
TypeSynagogue
Date established1964 (1964)
Website
bethtikvah.ca

History

Beth Tikvah was founded in 1964 by a group of about 20 young families who were considered pioneers of Jewish life in the West Island.[2] Rabbi Mordecai Zeitz arrived at the invitation of local families, and with support from a synagogue-planting subsidy program of Yeshiva University.[3]

A house was purchased which accommodated the congregation and Hebrew school until the fall of 1968, when a congregation that would soon reach 300 families moved into a new multi-purpose auditorium on the present site.

Beth Tikvah has run a supplementary school, Hebrew Academy, since the synagogue's establishment.[4] The synagogue opened a full-time elementary day school, Hebrew Foundation School (Hebrew: בֵּית סֵפֶר הַיְסוֹד הַעִבְרִי), in the fall of 1970.

Since 2004, the synagogue has housed an eighteenth-century torah scroll from Rokycany, Bohemia, originally secured by the Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre in 1964.[5] In August 2007, Beth Tikvah merged with Congregation Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari, formed in 1910 (Nusach Hoari) and 1915 (Ahavat Shalom–Anshei Galicia).[6]

References
  1. Greenaway, Kathryn (May 22, 2013). "Retiring Dollard Rabbi Honored for his 49 Years of Leadership". Montreal Gazette.
  2. "Our History". Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari. Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. Shepherd, Harvey (March 4, 1989). "Dollard's 'House of Hope' Celebrating 25th Anniversary". The Gazette. Montreal. p. K5.
  4. Segall, Sima (June 7, 1991). Jewish Supplementary Schooling in Montreal in the Latter Part of the Twentieth Century (PDF) (Thesis). Montreal: McGill University. p. 19. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  5. Lesser, Julie (June 10, 2004). "Torah Scroll Carries Spirit of Holocaust Victims". The Gazette. Montreal. p. F6.
  6. Landau-Chark, Susan J. (March 2008). Community, Identity, and Religious Leadership as Expressed through the Role of the Rabbi's Wife (PDF) (Thesis). Montreal: Concordia University.
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