- Museum of Jewish Montreal
- Adath Israel
- Adath Israel (1357 ave Van Horne)
Adath Israel (1357 ave Van Horne)
file1930-1940
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Pin: 1357 avenue Van Horne
- Held by
- Museum of Jewish Montreal via Museum of Jewish Montreal — map of Jewish Montreal
- Creator
- Sara Tauben
- Dates
- 1930-1940 (indexed as 1930–1940)
- Level
- file (source: Exhibit)
- Scope & content
- Adath Israel was established in 1930. The congregation worshipped in rented premises at 1357 Van Horne until the construction of the synagogue in 1940 at 899 McEchran in Outremont. This was the only synagogue in the Outremont/Plateau Mont Royal areas that was not in close proximity to other synagogues and was in an entirely residential setting. It was, the first synagogue in Montreal to define itself as a synagogue centre. All of these aspects foreshadowed what would be become a predominant post-war synagogue model across North America. This congregation’s primary definition of “community centre” focused on the establishment of a school. The original elementary school facilities were in the basement and it was according to an anniversary publication of 1965, not only the first congregational day school in Montreal, but also only the second in all of North America. By 1947, a school building was constructed in the adjacent rear lot which was extended in 1952 to accommodate Montreal’s first Jewish high school. The congregation has been located at 223 Harrow Road in Hampstead since 1981 having amalgamated with two other former immigrant congregations: Poele Zedek (1985) and Anshei Ozeroff (2003, officially 2008). Written by Sara Tauben
- Places
- 1357 ave Van Horne, Montreal
- Location
- 1357 avenue Van Horne · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “1357 ave Van Horne”
- 223 croissant Harrow · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “223 Harrow Road”
- Plateau Mont-Royal · neighbourhood · confidence 70% · landmark:curated · found as “plateau mont royal”
- Subjects
- Religious
- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:27Z · source datestamp n/a · mjm