100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
The first page of a sermon by Rabbi Herman Abramowitz entitled “The Jewish Tragedy”, delivered on Yom Kippur in 1941. Transcription: Today, my friends, seems to be an […]
The programme cover for the service of thanksgiving upon the occasion of the cessation of hostilities in Europe, 1945. The document is written in both English and Hebrew.
The programme cover for the laying of the cornerstone of the new synagogue building on McGill College Avenue, Montreal on October 21 1885. Heshvan 12, 5646 (Hebrew date). […]
Ceremonial trowel presented to synagogue president John E. Moss (1845-1902) on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the new building on McGill College Avenue. The […]
The second page of the official Act of Lower Canada in which the Congregation of German and Polish Jews was incorporated. 1846. Transcription: II. And be it enacted, […]
The first page of the official Act of Lower Canada in which the Congregation of German and Polish Jews was incorporated. 1846. Transcription: Transcript of An act to […]
The ceremonial silver trowel presented to David Moss in 1859 on the occasion of the cornerstone laying for the congregation’s first building on St. Constant Street (today Rue […]
Rav Abraham Isaac Kook (front row, centre)- the first Chief Rabbi of Palestine from 1921-1935 – visited Montreal in 1924 as part of a fundraising campaign for institutions […]
