100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
The Shaar’s Sisterhood, organizing meals-on-wheels in 1991.
Designed by Canadian Jewish artist Yehouda Chaki, the second tapestry sewn by the Shaar Hashomayim’s Sisterhood. It was completed and officially unveiled in 1992 in honour of the […]
Designed by Canadian Jewish artist Yehouda Chaki, this tapestry was sewn by the Shaar Hashomayim’s Sisterhood. It was completed and officially unveiled in 1982, and depicts the biblical […]
Mildred B. Lande, C.M. (1913-2011), served as the Shaar’s President from 1984-7, becoming the first woman to fill this role in the synagogue’s history.
The pamphlet distributed for the building extension campaign when it was first launched in 1965 with the aims of raising the necessary funds to begin construction. Transcription: […]
This letter from Rabbi Shuchat was found in a time capsule concealed in the cornerstone laid in 1967 as part of the building extension, later extracted in 2022. […]
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.
Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat, Mayor of Westmount M. L. Tucker. and Synagogue President Dr. Harry Ballon, sharing the ceremonial shovel at the turning of the sod ceremony (1966) which […]
The souvenir booklet from the Pavilion of Judaism at Expo 67. The idea for the Pavilion was conceived of by the Shaar’s Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat.
A class picture from the Shaar’s Foundation School (nursery school) during Chanukah in the 1950s.
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.
