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Welcome to the gallery of '100 Years of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Westmount.' Please browse below for all the images, videos and audio, click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play the video/audio clip.
The first page of the Act of Lower Canada officially incorporating the Shaar Hashomayim in 1846.
The second page of the Act of Lower Canada officially incorporating the Shaar Hashomayim in 1846.
An inscribed metal trowel on a black surface. The inscription reads Presented to David Moss Esquire, by the trustees of the English, German and Polish Congregation of Montreal on the occasion of this Laying of the Corner Stone of their Synagogue. Montreal, 40th Tammuz, 5619.
A 19th century man with a chinstrap beard, and wearing a suit. Marcus Ollendorf
A late 19th century black-and-white detailed sketch of a man with a short moustache wearing a suit, John E. Moss.
The front page of the programme for the laying of the cornerstone of the new synagogue building on McGill College Avenue.
An inscribed metal trowel on a black surface. The inscription reads Presented by the German and Polish Congregation to John E. Moss Esquire, President, on the occasion of his laying the corner stone of the new synagogue on McGill College Ave. Montreal. Heshvan, 12th, 5656. October 21st, 1885.
A black-and-white photograph of the exterior of a synagogue built in the Moorish Revival. a group of people gathers on the synagogue's stairs.
A black-and-white composite photograph of the interior of the Shaar Hashomayim building on McGill College Avenue and its members. A list is provided of the names of members in the photograph.
A black-and-white early 20th century photograph of a man with a short-trimmed beard, wearing a suit. Rabbi Herman Abramowitz.
A late 19th century black and white head-shot of a man with a long beard, Lazarus Cohen.
An early 20th century black-and-white head-shot of man in a suit, Lyon Cohen.
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