Beth Isreal Synagogue
Diamond Jubilee Souvenir, 1900 - 1964 – PCMA 73-022
There has been a Jewish population in Peterborough since at least 1881.
1911 Philip Black (Schochet and Chazan, first religious leader)
1922 house on Water St rented (previously services were held in homes)
1926 Jan - A Fine
1933 a house on Aylmer St remodelled into a synagogue
1933 Peterborough Jewish Society renamed Congregation Beth Israel
1945 Methodist Sunday School on Reid St purchased and remodelled into a synagogue
1952 Sep 1 - 1965+ A M Babb
1965 new synagogue opened on Weller St