100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
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 cast picture for the 1940 Purim Shpiel “A Merry Happy Purim”. Purim shpiels are plays or skits that are performed on the Jewish Holiday of Purim, and […]
Group portrait of the Shaar’s choir in the 1950s. Sitting front row, centre is long-time Choir Director, Professor Jacob Rosemarin, who composed and arranged many original liturgical pieces […]
Chazzan Nathan Mendelson with Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat, 1950s.
A photograph from Congregation Shaar Hashomayim’s Centennial Dinner, held in the social hall on March 23, 1947.
Annie Saxe (1874-1943), served as the Women’s Auxiliary’s first president from 1921-1924.
Major Moses O. Kirsch (centre) who served in World War I, with his nephews Arthur, Lionel, and Sidney Kirsch who served in the Canadian Armed Forces in World […]
John E. Moss (1844-1902), Synagogue President, 1885-1890.
A composite photograph taken inside Congregation Shaar Hashomayim’s building on McGill College Avenue, 1890.
Lazarus Cohen (1844-1914), Synagogue President, 1896-1901; 1907-1914.
Lyon Cohen (1868-1937), Synagogue President, 1904-1907; 1914-1932.
