Edenbridge
Saskatchewan, Canada
Edenbridge Synagogue
Loeffler refugee family in Edenbridge, Saskatchewan, 1939. Jewish immigration to Canada steadily decreased from the late 1920s to the end of WWII. Many settlers and refugees were either directed by the government or volunteered to travel to northern and remote areas of Canada to live and work.
Source: Library and Archives Canada/Credit: Louis Rosenberg-C-027525. © Expired / La famille de réfugiés Loeffler à Edenbridge, en Saskatchewan, en 1939. L'immigration juive a continuellement diminué entre la fin des années 1920 et la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Plusieurs colons et réfugiés étaient poussés par le gouvernement à se rendre dans des régions du Nord et isolées du Canada pour y vivre et y travailler, ou ils devaient se porter volontaires.
Source: Bibliothèque et Archives Canada/Source : Louis Rosenberg-C-027525. © expiré
Text of the plaque in front of the Beth Israel Synagogue at Edenbridge:
On this site stood the Beth Israel Synagogue built in 1908 by a group of immigrants whose first settlers migrated from South Africa in 1906 to found the Edenbridge Hebrew Colony.
For over half a century this institution served a thriving Jewish farming community which in the early 1920's numbered fifty families. The lure of urban life, the advent of farm mechanization, and father time all combined to reduce this once flourishing centre to less than five families.
In 1964 the original synagogue ceased to operate as a place of worship. It's few remaining members having already transferred to Melfort.
Five hundred yards west of this point is situated the well kept Edenbridge Hebrew Cemetery where many of the community's pioneers lie at rest.
Source: http://web.ncf.ca/lavitt/jewishfarmcolonies/edenbridge/ebplaque.html
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