Edenbridge, Saskatchewan - Wikipedia
Edenbridge was a Jewish farming settlement northeast of Melfort, Saskatchewan. Its first residents came from Lithuania via South Africa. The name is an Anglicization of Yid'n Bridge (Jews' Bridge), for a nearby bridge over the Carrot River. [2]
Beth Israel Synagogue (Edenbridge, Saskatchewan) - Wikipedia
Beth Israel Synagogue is a historic Carpenter Gothic style Orthodox synagogue located in Edenbridge in the rural municipality of Willow Creek, near Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Edenbridge Hebrew Colony was founded in 1906 by Jewish immigrants who came from Lithuania via South Africa.
Jewish Farmers on the Canadian Prairies
Oct 27, 2022 · The Edenbridge community supported many stores, and schools 86 And with help from Baron Hirsch’s Jewish Colonization Association, in 1910 the settlers formed the Edenbridge Jewish Co-operative, Saskatchewan’s first credit union. Rabbi Max Shalit was the treasurer.
Edenbridge Saskatchewan Jewish Farming Colony
This web site is dedicated to the study of Jewish family history in the farming colony of Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, Canada
Edenbridge: Saskatchewan's oldest synagogue north of Melfort
Oct 18, 2023 · Saskatchewan’s oldest surviving synagogue, it is situated on the high point of land overlooking the river, in a parkland/northern grain belt landscape of spectacular beauty. Beth Israel interior. The structure was built in the Carpenter Gothic style.
Beth Israel – Synagogues360 - ANU
Sep 10, 2003 · Beth Israel Synagogue, including its adjacent cemetery, is a municipal heritage site as designated by the Rural Municipality of Willow Creek on September 10, 2003. Located 15 miles up a dirt road from the community of Star City, Edenbridge was an agricultural colony established in 1906 by Jewish immigrants who came from Lithuania via South Africa.
Preserving links to past - jewishindependent.ca
Jun 23, 2023 · Almost 120 years ago, 56 Jews fled Lithuania and ended up in a remote Saskatchewan prairie that would become the community of Edenbridge. The town and its people have scattered to the winds – but the spirit of the place comes to life again in a short video by North Vancouver filmmaker Jordan Amit.
Story of Saskatchewan's Jewish farmers goes to national museum
Jul 12, 2013 · One of the Saskatchewan Jewish farm colonies was formed around Lipton. Shown here are farmers threshing wheat in 1925. (National Archives) They were established a over century ago and had names...
A Brief History of Edenbridge
Jan 20, 2021 · Edenbridge has a long and distinguished history, from the Roman road crossing the river at Edenbridge, to medieval buildings, coaching inns, courtyards, traditional English gardens, and old churches, that all have a story to tell. Here’s a brief overview of the most important events and places.
Edenbridge, Jewish Colony in Canada, Marks 25th Year
Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, one of the largest and most important of Jewish agricultural colonies in Western Canada, this week celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its existence.
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