Beth Tikvah Synagogue Toronto

Beth Tikvah Synagogue is the largest synagogue in the Willowdale neighborhood of Toronto, with a membership of approximately 1100 families. Although the worship style is traditional-conservative, the synagogue formally disaffiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 2013.[1]

The Holy Ark in the Feder Chapel of Beth Tikvah Synagogue

The current Senior Rabbi is Jarrod R. Grover, a graduate of Princeton University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

The synagogue was founded on April 14, 1964 as Shaarei Tikvah, after a synagogue in Amsterdam that had been razed by the Nazis.[2] It became Beth Tikvah after a merger in 1966 with the Bayview Synagogue Association. The first parcel of land was purchased at 3080 Bayview Avenue, where the synagogue campus still stands today on four acres. Rabbi Avraham Feder was engaged as the first rabbi of the synagogue in 1967, and he continues to serve as Rabbi Emeritus. Srul Irving Glick, the famed composer and conductor, served as Beth Tikvah's composer-in-residence from 1969-2002.

References

  1. ↑ Kraft, Frances (14 January 2013). "Beth Tikvah leaves Conservative body - The Canadian Jewish News".
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Beth Tikvah Synagogue, Toronto".

Coordinates: 43°46′44″N 79°23′39″W / 43.7788096°N 79.3941443°W / 43.7788096; -79.3941443

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