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Beginning of the Jewish Community In Manitoba

Beginning of the Jewish Community In Manitoba is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · Asper Jewish Community Campus, 123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg · location approximate

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In the spring of 1882 some 350 Russian Jews fleeing Czarist persecution arrived in Winnipeg. They had been assisted in their journey by the Mansion House Committee in London. Difficulties in negotiating for land to accommodate the colony prevented the immigrants from continuing further west. Awaiting resolution of the problems, the new arrivals had to remain in Winnipeg, where a handful of Jews recently arrived from England and Germany struggled to assist them. The refugees spent a harsh winter in the spartan conditions of immigration sheds which were then situated near the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers. Although the Jews encountered some hostility from the public, there was sympathy and support from church and civic leaders. It is from these difficult beginnings that subsequent generations of Jewish Manitobans established their community in Winnipeg.

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Au printemps 1882, quelque 350 Juifs russes fuyant les persécutions tsaristes arrivèrent à Winnipeg. Le Mansion House Committee de Londres, en Angleterre, leur avait offert de l'aide pour ce voyage. Se heurtant a des difficultés pour obtenir des terres qui puissent accueillir une colonie agricole organisée, les immigrants ne purent poursuivre plus à l'Ouest. En attendant que les problèmes se règlent, ils restèrent à Winnipeg, où un petit nombre de Juifs nouvellement arrivés d'Angleterre et d'Allemagne s'efforcèrent tant bien que mal de les aider. Les réfugies passèrent un rude hiver dans des cabanes situées près du confluent de la Rouge et de l'Assiniboine où les conditions étaient spartiates. Ils firent l'objet d'une certaine hostilité de la part du public, mais furent soutenus et traités avec sympathie par les dirigeants de la ville et du clergé. De ces débuts difficiles naquirent les générations de Juifs manitobains qui contribuèrent au dynamisme de la communauté juive de Winnipeg.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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