100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount 100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Museum & Archives
Rabbi Dr. Herman Abramowitz, Rabbi of the Shaar Hashomayim from 1902-1947. Early 20th century.
Marcus Ollendorf (1810-1867), first president of the Congregation of English, German and Polish Jews, 1860; 1861-3; 1865.
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 […]