Beth Tzedec Congregation formerly housed the fifth largest Judaica collection in North America. Along with ceremonial objects, the museum mounted numerous small exhibitions of these objects, photographs, documents, and texts to promote an understanding of Toronto’s Jewish history. One large exhibit was “A Common Thread: A History of Toronto’s Garment Industry,” accompanied by a publication. Although the museum has been closed at Beth Tzedec Congregation, the core of the collection, The Cecil Roth Collection, will stay in Toronto at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) where these cherished objects will help to continue educating Torontonians on Jewish culture.
A well-chosen group of mostly ritual objects from the collection are being kept at Beth Tzedec and are displayed in the Hendeles Chapel and the multiuse room, as well as two unique Torahs and accompanying ritual objects that are in the tall cases in the foyer.
