Congregation Beth Tikvah

Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari
Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari
Hebrew: ק״ק בית תקוה אהבת שלום נוסח האר״י‬
Religion
Affiliation	Modern Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Ashkenazi
Leadership	Rabbi Marc Mandel; Rabbi Dr. Mordecai E. Zeitz (emeritus);
Status	Active
Location
Location	136 Westpark Boulevard, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
Country	Canada
	Location in Montreal
Geographic coordinates	45°29′32″N 73°49′10″W / 45.4921489°N 73.819486°W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Date established	1964; 60 years ago
Website
	bethtikvah.ca

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.

History[edit]

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[edit]

^ Greenaway, Kathryn (May 22, 2013). "Retiring Dollard Rabbi Honored for his 49 Years of Leadership". Montreal Gazette.
^ "Our History". Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari. Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
^ Shepherd, Harvey (March 4, 1989). "Dollard's 'House of Hope' Celebrating 25th Anniversary". The Gazette. Montreal. p. K5.
^ 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.
^ Lesser, Julie (June 10, 2004). "Torah Scroll Carries Spirit of Holocaust Victims". The Gazette. Montreal. p. F6.
^ 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.

External links[edit]

[1] Greenaway, Kathryn (May 22, 2013). "Retiring Dollard Rabbi Honored for his 49 Years of Leadership". Montreal Gazette.

[history-2] "Our History". Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari. Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Retrieved November 8, 2018.

[shepherd-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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