100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
Cantor Segal (1918-38)
Stephen Glass, Music Director, 1990-2014.
Cantor Nathan Mendelson standing in front of the Shaar Hashomayim’s Torah Ark.
Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold, Associate Rabba (2013-2023). She joined the Shaar in 2013, becoming the first ordained Orthodox woman of the clergy team of an Orthodox-practicing synagogue.
The official installation of Rabbi Adam Scheier as Rabbi of the synagogue, 2005.
Stephen Glass receives a special certificate of appreciation in honour of his work.
Rabbi David Woolfson served as the synagogue’s Ritual Director from 1993-2017.
Cantor Sidney Dworkin, Shaar Cantor 1985-2003.
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.
Annie Saxe (1874-1943), served as the Women’s Auxiliary’s first president from 1921-1924.
John E. Moss (1844-1902), Synagogue President, 1885-1890.
