100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
Presentation of the 12 needlepoint Torah covers by the Sisterhood in honour of the Shaar’s 150th anniversary and the rededication of the chapel.
The front page of the Westmount Examiner (1935-2015) on Thursday, January 22, 1998, about the shelter provided at the Shaar during the Ice Storm. Transcription: They cooked up […]
A selection of some of the letters of thanks received by the Shaar for the shelter that the congregation set up during the 1998 Ice Storm, as reprinted […]
The Sisterhood’s organizing committee for the 1967 Menorah Ball, held on Chanukah.
President of Israel Zalman Shazar (1889-1974), President of Israel (1963-1973), attending the opening of the Pavilion of Judaism at Montreal’s Expo 67.
The front cover of the programme for the first B’not Mitzvah (group Bat Mitzvah) ceremony held at the Shaar in 1961. Transcription Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Chanukah Service and […]
The B’not Mitzvah group of 1965. The group bat mitzvah ceremony was introduced at the Shaar just 4 years prior.
The 1960 graduating class of the Shaar’s Hebrew Religious School.
The Shabbat Shirah (Sabbath of Song) supplement, which describes the music for the special service.
The programme cover for the special service held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. The document is written in both English and Hebrew. The document […]
The Shaar Hashomayim bulletin featuring the death of King George VI in 1952. The synagogue held a special service to mark his passing. Transcription: We Mourn Our Loss […]
