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6 Aug

Mikveh makeover: A U.S. charity helped build or renovate 10 ritual baths across Canada

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The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
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JL;DR SUMMARY U.S.-based Mikvah USA has funded the renovation and construction of ten mikvehs in Canada, significantly enhancing Jewish community life in these areas. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish Community  Chabad  Mikveh  Canada  Ottawa  Renovation  Quebec  Women's Rituals  Mikvah Usa  Cross Border Collaboration 

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"That's what it sounded like July 20th for the grand opening of Ottawa's newly renovated Community Mikveh, a $350,000 makeover of the existing site that first opened about 25 years ago and was named for the late local Ottawa rabbi Reuven Bulka's first wife, Naomi."
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
London, Ontario, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
Markham, Ontario, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
"Renovating Ottawa's mikveh, the mikveh at Hamilton's Adas Israel, London's Beth Tafila Congregation, the Bayit in Thornhill, the Village Shul on Eglinton in Toronto, Chabad of Markhams, plus building completely new ones at the Country Shul in Richmond Hill and in Quebec City."
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada
"and soon an over $2 million triple community mikveh in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, north of Montreal."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"and soon an over $2 million triple community mikveh in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, north of Montreal."
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
"We first lived in Vancouver. I was mikveh manager in, this was Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver."
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"We first lived in Vancouver. I was mikveh manager in, this was Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver."
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
"We do have a couple of women who come from Kingston, Ontario. They say it's closer than going to Toronto and less hectic, the traffic."
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