Rabbi
Mordecai Langner
Rabbi
Mordecai Langner was born in 1897 in Strettin, Poland and immigrated
to Canada in 1924, five years after marrying his wife
Anne in 1919. His father was Rabbi Moishe Langner, the
Strettiner Rebbe of Toronto and his three brothers were
Abraham, Solomon, and Isaac, who all became rabbis as
well.
Rabbi
Mordecai Langner lived on Maria
Street in the Junction and served as rabbi of Congregation Knesseth
Israel from 1924 until 1939. He was an Orthodox rabbi
who also served as cantor for the Synagogue. After 1939,
Rabbi Langner moved out of the Junction and formed a synagogue
on College Street. After his passing in 1948 at the age
of 51, Mordecai’s wife Anne cared for the College
Street synagogue for six more years before finally selling
the building.
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Rabbi Mordecai Langner with his
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