CHAPTER XXXIX

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THE JEWS IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

The legend about the Jewish origin of Chevalier de Levis――Aaron Hart, the English Commissary, and Abraham Gradis, the French banker――Early settlers in Montreal――Its first Congregation―― Troubles of Ezekiel Hart, the first Jew to be elected to the Legislature――Final Emancipation in 1832――Jews fight on the Loyalist side against ♦Papineau’s rebellion――Prominent Jews in various fields of activity――Congregation “Shaar ha-Shomaim”―― Toronto――First synagogue in Victoria, B. C., in 1862――Hamilton and Winnipeg――Other communities――Agricultural Colonies――Jewish Newspapers.

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