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Rabbi Israel Isaac Kahanovitch

Rabbi Israel Isaac Kahanovitch is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

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Born and raised in Wolpa Grodno, Poland, Kahanovitch was ordained in Novogrudok, Russia, at the age of twenty. After rabbinical service in Poland and the United States, he became spiritual head of Winnipeg's Orthodox Congregation, Beth Jacob, in 1906. With his appointment in 1914 as Chief Rabbi of Western Canada, his authority extended over Jewish communities from Fort William to Victoria. As a teacher, interpreter, and judge of Jewish law for nearly four decades, Kahanovitch played a central role in the religious and secular life of Jews in Manitoba. He was instrumental in founding Winnipeg's Talmud Torah (Hebrew Free School) in 1912 and institutions such as the Jewish Orphanage and the Jewish Old Folks' Home. Devoted to the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, he was also a founding member of the Canadian Jewish Congress. He had a lasting influence upon the Canadian Jewish community.

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Né et élevé à Wolpa Grodna (Pologne), Kahanovitch reçoit l'ordination à Novogrudok (Russie) à l'âge de 20 ans. En 1906, il devient chef spirituel de la congrégation orthodoxe Beth Jacob de Winnipeg après avoir été rabbin en Pologne et aux Etats-Unis. En 1914, nommé grand rabbin de l'Ouest canadien, il est responsable de toutes les communautés juives de Fort William à Victoria. Professeur, interprète et expert de la Loi mosaïque pendant près de 40 ans, le rabbin a joué un rôle prépondérant dans la vie religieuse et la?que des juifs manitobains. Il a contribué à la fondation de l'école libre juive de Winnipeg (Talmud Torah - 1912), de l'orphelinat et de la maison de retraite juifs. Dédié à la création d'un état juif en Palestine, il a été l'un des membres fondateurs du Congrès Juif canadien, et a grandement influencé la communauté Juive canadienne.

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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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