Blairmore and Milk River,who looked to Lethbridge as their Jewish centre.

      Jewish communal funtions took place in rented halls and buildings,with a series of Rabbis providing teaching, kashrut,and religious services.Continuity of leadership was in the hands of dedicated local men and women.

      The Lethbridge congregation acquired a proper home in 1935,when a former church was purchased and converted into the Beth Israel Synagogue.

      An active B'nai B'rith Lodge was formed in 1939,and several women's groups,including a Hadassah chapter and a Ladies' Aid group.Forty families and two women's clubs donated $1,500 to the United Palestine Appeal in 1943,a substantial sum for the time.

      The community grew during the 1940's and in 1952 welcomed a British Rabbi,Morris Susman,who served for ten years.The Jewish community peaked at about 70 families in 1953,when it was decided that new facilities should be erected.

      The new Beth Israel Synagogue was dedicated in April, 1956,with sixty-two contributing-member families listed. However,Jewish numbers in Lethbridge began to decline as young families sought opportunities elsewhere.

      The Jews of Lethbridge continue to use their community building for social and cultural activities,but now employ visiting "clergy" for major religious services. The building remains,but it is the "builders" and the hundreds of their progeny whose roots are in Lethbridge, that will live on in Jewish history.

      The 1911 Lethbridge Hebrew Congregation members were:Louis Bikman (Bickman),Louis Keel,Morris Fefferman,Hyman Feinstein (President),Harry Glassman (Secretary-Treasurer),Harris Goodman,Pincus Haller, Yoel Klinger,Barnet Moscovich,Israel Moscovich, Morris Moscovich,Isaac Pincus,Max Sadowski,Michael Sadowski,Samuel Sadowski,William Sadowski (Vice President),Louis Stine,Abram Strulovich and Abraham Wyman.