Sherbrooke Jewish Community History Project: 

The Sherbrooke Jewish Community History Project consists of a group of people who are interested in documenting and preserving the history of the Jewish Community in Sherbrooke from its beginning in the 19th century until the final sale of the Synagogue in the 1987. This website is part of that project.

 Current activities:

• The collection and preservation of documents, photos, and ephemera of the community though association with Sherbrooke Historical Society in their registered archives
• The ongoing collection of stories from the community and others for publication and preservation.
• The documentation on ancestry.com of the over 1000 Jewish residents of Sherbrooke, their origins and destination etc. Sherbrooke Jewish Community tree on Ancestry.com
• The  collection and archiving for future use of Oral Histories from members of the community
• The Sherbrooke Jewish Community website with photos, histories mailing lists etc
• The translation and publication of an updated and bilingual 2021 edition  of the  “The Echenbergs of Sherbrooke and Ostropol: A Tales of Two Shtetls”
• The original 1986 monograph by Myron Echenberg and Ruth Tannenbaum (now illustrated)  “The Echenbergs of Ostropol and Sherbrooke”