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Welcome to the Aron Museum, Canada’s first museum of Jewish ceremonial art objects. The pieces that form the Aron Museum’s collection come from around the world and reveal both the diversity and continuity of Judaism across time and space.
The Aron Museum is housed in the Pollack Cultural Centre at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom of Montreal, Quebec. Inspired by the late Rabbi Harry J. Stern, Josef and Anna Aron founded the museum in 1953 with five Jewish ceremonial art objects from their personal collection. A core group of dedicated Temple members were instrumental in the formation and growth of the museum.
This online exhibition will lead you through the holidays, rituals and customs of the Jewish faith and show how a unique art – the art of Judaica – developed in correspondence with Jewish tradition. The art objects provide a passage into the past, allowing the opportunity to explore Jewish history, stories of the Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom community, as well as the memories of Temple members.
Pollack Cultural Centre – generously donated by the Maurice Pollack Foundation.
