Reporter Julia Peterson embarks on a mission to learn more about Saskatchewan's oldest synagogue in honour of Yom Kippur. YomKippur
But this year, on the day before Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement — I am marking my observance by visiting a site of Saskatchewan’s Jewish history.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
In 1987, after almost all of the former residents had died or moved on, the synagogue, the cemetery and the land around them were donated to the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. But the guestbooks piled on the bimah tell a different story: For the people who know about it, the synagogue is beloved. “Thanks for letting us view this piece of history;” “It’s great to see part of our heritage being so well-preserved;” “It’s a most lovely, peaceful building — I am so glad it is here for us to see.”
Sitting in the sanctuary, now full of music, is a powerful reminder of what I love about being Jewish: that I am in community not just with the people I know today, but with all these strangers through time who stood in these places and read these texts and said these same words of prayer. But ‘repair’ doesn’t necessarily mean leaving things exactly as they were; it means making things right, meeting the needs of the moment.
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