Beth Israel Synagogue (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
- Beth Israel Synagogue (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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location =1480 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, flag|Canada
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leadership =Rabbi: Yaakov Weiss[ [http://shul.merovitch.com/?q=node/1 Contact Us] , Synagogue website. Accessed July 18, 2008.] ]
website =http://www.thebethisrael.com/
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Beth Israel Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 1480 Oxford Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[ [http://www.thebethisrael.com/ Synagogue website] . Accessed July 18, 2008.] Formally chartered by a Private Member's Bill in the Nova Scotia legislature in 1895, it grew out of the Baron de Hirsch Hebrew Benevolent Society (named after Baron Maurice de Hirsch), which was formed in 1890. It was the first Orthodox congregation in Canada east of Montreal, and still provides the only daily "minyan" in Canada east of Montreal.][ [http://shul.merovitch.com/?q=node/2 About Us] , Synagogue website. Accessed July 18, 2008.] ]As of 2008, the rabbi was Yaakov Weiss.
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