Comments on: Juifs, caodaistes et la Petite Italie http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher DeWolf http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/comment-page-1/#comment-2703 Christopher DeWolf Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:41:48 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/#comment-2703 I've never been in the Bagg Street Shul, but there was a recent article in the Canadian Jewish News that described its current situation. It's an interesting place. I’ve never been in the Bagg Street Shul, but there was a recent article in the Canadian Jewish News that described its current situation. It’s an interesting place.

]]> By: Patrick Donovan http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/comment-page-1/#comment-2679 Patrick Donovan Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:49:28 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/#comment-2679 An interesting booklet was published in 2000 which shows the location of about 30-50 repurposed synagogues in Mile End and the Plateau (Traces of Montreal’s Jewish Heritage: The Synagogues of the Plateau Mont-Royal in the 20th Century). The interesting thing about this particular synagogue is that's it's far north of the railway tracks and older than many others. Most Jews in Montreal were still down on the lower plateau when it was built. Though hardly grand, Montreal's Bagg Synagogue on Clark street is probably the most attractive of Montreal's old synagogues that have retained their original use. An interesting booklet was published in 2000 which shows the location of about 30-50 repurposed synagogues in Mile End and the Plateau (Traces of Montreal’s Jewish Heritage: The Synagogues of the Plateau Mont-Royal in the 20th Century). The interesting thing about this particular synagogue is that’s it’s far north of the railway tracks and older than many others. Most Jews in Montreal were still down on the lower plateau when it was built.

Though hardly grand, Montreal’s Bagg Synagogue on Clark street is probably the most attractive of Montreal’s old synagogues that have retained their original use.

]]> By: Christopher DeWolf http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 Christopher DeWolf Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:41:08 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/02/01/juifs-caodaistes-et-la-petite-italie/#comment-2668 Interesting article. There are a lot of repurposed synagogues in this part of Montreal. Many of them were quite large, like the one at Fairmount and Esplanade that has been converted into a French private school. (Although it has a new Modernist façade, Hebrew writing is still visible on the top of the building.) The Ukrainian Federation at Hutchison and Fairmount used to be a synagogue, as did the little Haitian Pentecostal church on St. Urbain. Unfortunately, Montreal's grandest and most beautiful synagogues were destroyed by fire or demolition. Interesting article. There are a lot of repurposed synagogues in this part of Montreal. Many of them were quite large, like the one at Fairmount and Esplanade that has been converted into a French private school. (Although it has a new Modernist façade, Hebrew writing is still visible on the top of the building.) The Ukrainian Federation at Hutchison and Fairmount used to be a synagogue, as did the little Haitian Pentecostal church on St. Urbain.

Unfortunately, Montreal’s grandest and most beautiful synagogues were destroyed by fire or demolition.

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