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Jewish youth organizations based in Canada (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Jewish organizations based in Canada" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
Atlanta, GA -- Jewish Interest Free Loan of Atlanta, Inc. Baltimore, MD-- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Baltimore; Boca Raton, FL-- Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service (Boca Raton) Boston, MA -- Jewish Family & Children Service; Buffalo, NY-- Hebrew Benevolent Loan Association (Buffalo) Cincinnati, OH -- Jewish Federation of Cincinnati
In 1920, the Mount Royal Lodge of B'nai Brith Canada set out on a project to provide summer holidays for underprivileged Jewish boys. [4] The first campsite was located on a farm about 64 kilometres (40 mi) from Montreal, and only those children whose parents could not afford to pay for camping services were accepted.
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B'nai Brith Canada (/ b ə ˌ n eɪ ˈ b r ɪ θ / bə-NAY BRITH; BBC; from Hebrew: בני ברית, romanized: b'né brit, lit. 'Children of the Covenant') [2] is a Canadian Jewish service organization and advocacy group. It is the Canadian chapter of B'nai B'rith International and has offices in Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, and Vancouver.
The congregation was founded in 1907 as "Benei Yehuda", which can be translated as Children (Sons) of Judah. The first synagogue building was erected at Pender Street and Heatley Avenue in 1911. The congregation was legally incorporated on June 14, 1917 under a newly chosen name, "Schara Tzedeck", which means Gates of Righteousness.
Canadian Young Judaea was established by Bernard Joseph at the 15th Zionist Convention in Winnipeg in 1917. [4] Acting as the youth wing of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO and the Zionist Organization of Canada, Young Judaea held biennial and regional conferences and facilitated transnational social contact between members with its Correspondence Club. [5]
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