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American Zionist Medical Unit Correspondence
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44425
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:16.5 cm x W:21.5 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 901
- Date
- October 14, 1920
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:16.5 cm x W:21.5 cm : English
- Other Title Information
- Letter
- Date
- October 14, 1920
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 901
- Physical Condition
- In need of conservation
- Notes
- Hiram writes in his letter about his experience in Palestine. 4 pages.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Artist Terry Lightman
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44508
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV tape : English : duration: 1 min 22 sec
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 320
- Date
- 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV tape : English : duration: 1 min 22 sec
- Date
- 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 320
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Interview with artist Terry Lightman, a long-time curator of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Library. Many of her works are shown in this video clip.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
YouTube
Artist Terry Lightman
https://www.youtube.com/embed/wJtC9LLn6DQ
BILDER aus dem ALTJÜDISCHEN FAMILIEN - LEBEN - Pictures from the old Jewish family life.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44300
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : b&w ; Ht:33.5 cm x W:25.5 cm : German
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 675
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book : b&w ; Ht:33.5 cm x W:25.5 cm : German
- Other Title Information
- Photo album
- Date
- [ca. 1900]
- Publication
- Published by Heinrich Keller : Printed by R. Baist
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 675
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- Photographs of paintings by Prof. M. Oppenheim taken by J. Schäfer. Includes a biographical introduction and descriptions by Leopold Stein Content: 1. Sabbath-Anfang; 2. Der Segen des Rabbi; 3. Sabbath-Nachmittag; 4. Sabbath-Ruhe; 5. Oster-Abend; 6. Die Hochzeit Publisher's address: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Bill
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44442
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 922
- Date
- 1846
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : English
- Date
- 1846
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 922
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- 2nd Session, 2nd Parliament, 9 Victoria,1846 Bill. An Act to amend the Act of Lower Canada therein mentioned, extending certain privileges to persons of the Jewish persuasion.
- Places
- Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Blowing of the Shofar
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44499
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 30.83 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 224
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 30.83 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 224
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- The shofar is blown as an awakening sign and an encouragement for reflection.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Blowing of the Shofar
https://www.youtube.com/embed/So-XJJLFNVUThe burning of the chametz before Passover
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44509
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Audio : Audio recording : English : duration: 30 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 801
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Audio : Audio recording : English : duration: 30 seconds
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 801
- Notes
- Audio clip of Rabbi Barry Gelman discussing the symbolic burning of leavened food (chametz) in preparation for Passover.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
The burning of the chametz before Passover
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tg_s_TVbsp8
The Canadian Friendly League of Jewish Women, Montreal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44179
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:23 cm x W:15 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 429
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:23 cm x W:15 cm : English
- Other Title Information
- Information booklet
- Date
- [ca. 1913]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 429
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- "The Canadian Friendly League of Jewish Women, Montreal - The Welcome club and Other Activities. Organized in the spring of 1913 for the purpose of bringing into the lives of self-supporting young women opportunities for moral, mental, physical and social improvement, and also to befriend young girls and women whenever necessary."
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
The Canadian Jewish Times
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44331
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper ; Ht:30 cm x W:22.5 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 716
- Date
- October 1, 1913
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Newspaper ; Ht:30 cm x W:22.5 cm : English
- Date
- October 1, 1913
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 716
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- The Canadian Jewish Times, Vol. XVI Montreal, Elul 2, 5673; Oct. 1, 1913; No. 43, 40 pages, includes advertisements and articles.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Cantorial singing
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44511
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Audio : sound recording : Hebrew : duration: 45 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 805
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- Audio : sound recording : Hebrew : duration: 45 seconds
- Date
- [ca. 2002]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 805
- Notes
- Audio clip of a cantor singing a portion of the Jewish liturgy. The associated image shows Cantor Sidney Dworkin of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Cantorial singing
https://www.youtube.com/embed/CgdTP8EBOLUChildren and the Synagogue
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44503
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV tape : English : duration: 15 sec.
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 257
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV tape : English : duration: 15 sec.
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 257
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Millie Lande, C.M., comments about the role of the synagogue in children's lives.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Children and the Synagogue
https://www.youtube.com/embed/iTMo4iX0jdg
The Children's Hagadah
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44180
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book ; Ht:21.2 cm x W:13.7 cm : English & Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 430
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Book ; Ht:21.2 cm x W:13.7 cm : English & Hebrew
- Date
- [ca. 1948]
- Publication
- Shapiro, Vallentine and Co.
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 430
- Physical Condition
- In need of conservation
- Notes
- "The Children's Hagadah - A new edition of the Hagadah specially prepared for children, and illustrated with moving pictures." With a revised English translation of the text by Rev. A. P. Mendes. Illustrations reproduced from original engravings. 64 pages
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, A Bulletin of its Activities, Vol. XII, May 12, 1939, No. 34
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44486
- Collection
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:23.8 cm x W:17.7 cm : English & Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 376
- Date
- May 12, 1939
- Collection
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:23.8 cm x W:17.7 cm : English & Hebrew
- Other Title Information
- Bulletin
- Date
- May 12, 1939
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 376
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Welcomes King and Queen by announcing that the sermon and services the coming Sabbath morning will have special reference to the visit of their Majesties the King and Queen to Canada. Includes Hebrew translation of the national anthem "God save our gracious King." Includes blessings on seeing the King, information on arrangements for royal procession, Boy Scout Troop, and Girl Guide news.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, A Bulletin of its Activities. Vol. XVII. Westmount, 4 Tevet, 5704. December 31, 1943. No.15.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44491
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:21.5 cm x W:17.8 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 884
- Date
- December 31, 1943
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:21.5 cm x W:17.8 cm : English
- Date
- December 31, 1943
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 884
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
SH-0884-CongregationShaarHashomayimBulletin-VolXVII-No15-1943
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, A Bulletin of its Activities. Vol. XV. Westmount. 17 Cheshvan, 5702. Nov. 7th, 1941. No. 9.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44490
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:21 cm x W:17.6 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 883
- Date
- November 7, 1941
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : b&w ; Ht:21 cm x W:17.6 cm : English
- Date
- November 7, 1941
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 883
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, A Bulletin of its Activities. Vol. X. Westmount, Quebec. 99 Tishri, 5697. Sept. 25th, 1936. No. 2.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44488
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:21 cm x W:17.80 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 881
- Date
- September 25, 1936
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:21 cm x W:17.80 cm : English
- Date
- September 25, 1936
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 881
- Physical Condition
- Fair
- Notes
- This issue of the Shaar Hashomayim Bulletin, on loan from Paula Mendelsohn, contains her birth announcement as well as synagogue announcements for the week of Yom Kippur.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Bulletin. Vol. XXIX No. 11. Montreal, Quebec. 16 Cheshvan, 5715. November 12th, 1954.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44489
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : colour ; Ht:21.5 cm x W:17.7 cm : English
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 882
- Date
- November 12, 1954
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document : colour ; Ht:21.5 cm x W:17.7 cm : English
- Date
- November 12, 1954
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 882
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
SH-0882-CongregationShaarHashomayimBulletin-VolXXIX-No11-1954-500
Images
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44053
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Date
- [1700-2002].
- Scope and Content
- The collection housed at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Museum and Archives (and Library) numbers approximately 15,000 objects and approximately 6,500 Judaic books. The Museum collection includes Jewish liturgical and ritual objects, as well as secular and Israeli cultural objects. The Archiva…
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Scope and Content
- The collection housed at the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Museum and Archives (and Library) numbers approximately 15,000 objects and approximately 6,500 Judaic books. The Museum collection includes Jewish liturgical and ritual objects, as well as secular and Israeli cultural objects. The Archival holdings are comprised of an extensive collection of photographic and textual records, including a photographic collection documenting Jewish life in Canada and Europe, and textual records of institutional and personal provenance, comprised of correspondence, synagogue bulletins and other papers, official acts, and birth and wedding certificates. The Archives houses video and audio interviews with congregation members and staff as well as recordings of public lectures. The Shaar Hashomayim Archives also houses minute books, birth, marriage, and death registers of Montreal Jewry from 1857. Researchers wishing to learn more details about the minutes and registers portions of the collection must contact the synagogue directly. The Library holdings include a Judaic rare book collection. The Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives holdings are thematically divided into four categories of information: Archives, Decorative arts, Fine Arts, and Human History. The Archives division includes Prints and drawings, Manuscripts, Films and videos, Photographs, Sound recordings, Textual records, as well as Artifacts pertaining to Canadian Jewish life. The Decorative Arts collection includes Moroccan and Ethiopian Jewish folk art, American Jewish folk art, European Jewish folk art, ceramics, porcelain, pottery, glass, metalwork, silverwork, goldwork, textiles, and tapestries. The Fine Arts collection includes oil paintings, illuminated manuscripts, tapestry, sculpture, watercolor, lithographs, diverse collections of Jewish artists covering a range of subjects, i.e. Holocaust, portraiture, Biblical renditions etc. The Human History collection is related to Jewish communal and religious life in Canada and includes archaeological objects, ceremonial objects, costumes and accessories, currency, furniture and furnishings, household objects and domestic technology, film, photographs, video, manuscripts, medals, memorabilia, religious and liturgical objects.
- Date
- [1700-2002].
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- History / Biographical
- The Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, which is the second oldest synagogue in Canada as well as the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue, was founded in Montreal in 1846 by English, German and Polish Jews. Having been members of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, they decided that they wanted to be able to attend Ashkenazi services. Thus, the congregation began its life in a rented room on St. James Street, and after several moves, it obtained land at Kensington Avenue and Côte St. Antoine in Westmount in 1920. This new synagogue was completed in 1922, and the congregation has worshipped at this location ever since. Throughout its early history, the congregation continued to have ties with the Spanish and Portuguese congregation, but in 1918 the name Congregation Shaar Hashomayim was incorporated and it in turn separated from the former. After the Second World War a school was added to the congregation and because so many families had joined the synagogue it was further expanded in 1967. Though Orthodox by charter, the congregation is Conservative.Additional historical information about the Congregation can be seen in the attached PDF document (5179K.)
- Notes
- General note:The items shown on this website were digitized in 2001 for the Canadian Jewish Virtual Museum and Archives project (CJVMA) funded by CHIN (The Canadian Heritage Information Network). They were previously displayed on a website located at www.cjvma.org. All the displayed items from this collection are copyright the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Choir
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44495
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 51.32 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 219
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 51.32 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 219
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- This video shows the Shaar Hashomayim choir singing, as well as Mrs. Millie Lande discussing the beauty of the Congregation's choir.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Choir
https://www.youtube.com/embed/iW23vqbzv5Y
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim "Shabbat Shirah" service in memory of Mrs. Mae Mendelson
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44485
- Collection
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:27.9 cm x W:21.5 cm : English & Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 373
- Date
- January 24, 1970
- Collection
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Archives
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- Document ; Ht:27.9 cm x W:21.5 cm : English & Hebrew
- Other Title Information
- Program
- Date
- January 24, 1970
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 373
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim "Shabbat Shirah" service honours the memory of the late Mrs. Mae Mendelson, wife of Cantor Nathan Mendelson. Includes message from Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat, the music of the service, notes, and a tribute to Mrs. Mae Mendelson.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Programs for Elderly People
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44497
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : English : duration: 28.67 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 222
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : English : duration: 28.67 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 222
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- "The Open Gate" is a weekly socializing program for the elderly, organized by the Congregation.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
YouTube
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's Programs for Elderly People
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fZ6e_Ipxxtc
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