100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
The front page of the synagogue bulletin announcing the passing of Rabbi Herman Abramowitz in October 1947. Transcription: WE MOURN OUR LOSS Just a few hours after the […]
A photograph from Congregation Shaar Hashomayim’s Centennial Dinner, held in the social hall on March 23, 1947.
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.
A letter from Rabbi Herman Abramowitz to Dr. Louis Finkelstein, (August 29, 1944) regarding the potential appointment of Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat as an army chaplain. Rabbi Shuchat was […]
Memorial plaque which lists the names of members from Congregation Shaar Hashomayim who served in World War I. Names marked with a star or triangle indicates death in […]
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 […]
