Norman Abood home, former Jewish Synagogue
The Hirsch Colony Synagogue was built around 1929
by the Jewish Colonization Organization of Montreal.
It was a white building with blue trim.
It used to be four feet higher with a gallery which had no windows.
There were three windows on the east side of the main level.
There was a coal furnace in the basement and a brick chimney
on the exterior of the east wall.
The cornerstone was the tombstone
of an Annie ?oak. (name not readable)
There was a Mogen David on the west wall
near the top of the gable.
Mogen David=A six-pointed star, a symbol of Judaism,
that is formed by placing two triangles together,
one inverted over the other or interlaced.
Also called Shield of David, Star of David.
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History of the Hirsch Colony
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