Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue

48°14′43″N 79°01′09″W / 48.2452°N 79.0191°W / 48.2452; -79.0191ArchitectureTypeSynagogueDate established1948MaterialsBrick

The Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue was a Jewish 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.

By the 1960s, the Jewish community began to shrink as many of the younger generation began moving away to college. The synagogue closed as a place of Jewish worship in 1972 and was sold in 1973. The proceeds of the sale were donated to Israel.^[1]

The first Jew to live in Rouyn-Noranda was Louis Scott, who stood on the edge of Osisko Lake.^[2] However, Mr. and Mrs. D. Caplan are actually the first to be cited at the opening of the second synagogue in 1949.

• History of the Jews in Canada

• (Mednick) Nepom, Rosalie; Mednick, Sol; (Korman) Verred, Ester; Korman, Harvey; Katz, Isaac (2023). Gladstone, Bill (ed.). The Jewish Community of Rouyn-Noranda: The Life and History of a Small Jewish Community in Northern Quebec (Remembered by Those Who Lived There). Committee of Former Residents of Rouyn-Noranda. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-989255-03-2.

• Vue général de la ville de Noranda en 1937 avec, en arrière-plan, la Mine Noranda. On y voit la synagogue. Cliquez sur Voir les image(s):1.
• Étude d’ensemble et inventaire du patrimoine bâti de Rouyn-Noranda
• La vie religieuse dans les paroisses rurales et minières de l’Abitibi
• (in French) Histoire de la communauté juive du Québec
• (in French) Corporation gérant les deux sites historiques de Rouyn-Noranda dont l'église orthodoxe russe et son centre d'interprétation sur l'histoire des immigrants