Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari | |
Native Name: | he|ק״ק בית תקוה אהבת שלום נוסח האר״י{{popdf |
Religious Affiliation: | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
Rite: | Ashkenazi |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Functional Status: | Active |
Location: | 136 Westpark Boulevard, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec |
Country: | Canada |
Map Type: | Canada Montreal |
Map Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 45.4921°N -73.8195°W |
Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari, also known simply as Beth Tikvah ( 'House of Hope'), is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada.
Beth Tikvah was founded in 1964 by a group of about 20 young families who were considered pioneers of Jewish life in the West Island.[1] Rabbi Mordecai Zeitz arrived at the invitation of local families, and with support from a synagogue-planting subsidy program of Yeshiva University.[2]
A house was purchased which accommodated the congregation and Hebrew school until the fall of 1968, when a congregation that would soon reach 300 families moved into a new multi-purpose auditorium on the present site.
Beth Tikvah has run a supplementary school, Hebrew Academy, since the synagogue's establishment.[3] The synagogue opened a full-time elementary day school, Hebrew Foundation School, in the fall of 1970.
Since 2004, the synagogue has housed an eighteenth-century torah scroll from Rokycany, Bohemia, originally secured by the Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre in 1964.[4] In August 2007, Beth Tikvah merged with Congregation Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari, formed in 1910 (Nusach Hoari) and 1915 (Ahavat Shalom–Anshei Galicia).[5]