Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue

{{Short description|Synagogue in Quebec, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| native_name = {{ubl|Beit Knesset Israel|Kneseth Israel Congregation}}

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| caption = The former Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue

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| ownership = Rouyn-Noranda Hebrew Congregation

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| functional_status = Closed (1972); Sold (1973)

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| state = Quebec

| country = Canada

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| established = 1948

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The Rouyn-Noranda Synagogue was a Jewish synagogue located in the city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1948 as the Beit Knesset Israel (in Hebrew) or Kneseth Israel Congregation (in English) by the Rouyn-Noranda Hebrew Congregation. A first wooden synagogue was built in 1932 before the same place.

By the 1960s, the Jewish community began to shrink as many of the younger generation began moving away to college. The synagogue closed as a place of Jewish worship in 1972 and was sold in 1973. The proceeds of the sale were donated to Israel.{{cite web |author= |url=https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/rouyn-noranda-une-histoire-de-mines_a-mining-story/story/extraordinary-places-of-worship/ |title=Extraordinary Places of Worship |work=The Birth of Rouyn and Noranda: A Mining Story |publisher=Corporation de La maison Dumulon |date=n.d. |access-date=23 October 2023 }}