Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal

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Since I am traveling on business to Canada later this year, I decided to do some research on the local Jewish scene. I was particularly interested in Quebec. Well it turns out that the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish diaspora not only spread to the Thirteen Colonies or the Caribbean.

In the cold reaches of historic Montreal, a Spanish and Portuguese synagogue was also established in the 18th century. The community was formally established in 1768 and is Canada’s oldest Jewish congregation.

For more information on this beautiful synagogue, visit the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue

Posted by Rabbi Juan Bejarano-Gutierrez, the director of the B’nei Anusim Center for Education, and author of What is Kosher?

Published by rambam442013

Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He studied at the Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland and received a Master of Arts Degree with Distinction in Judaic Studies. He completed his doctoral studies at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2015. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Complex Identities: Christian and Jewish Attitudes Towards Conversos” and was accepted in September 2015. He also studied at the American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism and received rabbinic ordination in 2011 from Yeshivat Mesilat Yesharim.

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