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- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
- Canadian Jewish Congress organizational records 2
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Archives 1
- GUBBAY HELFER, Sharon 3
- HARRIS, Eiran 9
- Jewish Public Library Historical Collection 1
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Lea Roback Fonds 6
- Sephardic Oral History Project interviews by Marie Berdugo-Cohen. 2
- Shloime Perel = Early Radio Centre-ville Jewish Digest recordings 1
- WITNESS TO HISTORY COLLECTION (MHMC-02) 24
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/wJtC9LLn6DQBlowing 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-XJJLFNVUBROOK, Evelyn, Chair, Coalition of Jewish Women for the Get, an advocacy group for women blocked from obtaining a Jewish divorce
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48719
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- P0161; SC 1353-37
- Date
- February 25, 1994
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Date
- February 25, 1994
- Fonds No.
- P0161
- Item No.
- SC 1353-37
- Notes
- Interview by Leslie Lutsky. Digitized as WAV and WMA, Oct. 2016. In this short interview (5 min. 47 seconds), Evelyn Brook discusses the plight of Agunot (women whose husbands refuse to grant a Jewish divorce), and her organization's work helping these women obtain their Get certificates.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube
BROOK, Evelyn, Chair, Coalition of Jewish Women for the Get, an advocacy group for women blocked from obtaining a Jewish divorce
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xibz68kLySMBryna Wasserman, Montreal: Montreal International Yiddish Theatre festival June 17-25, 2009; Pirates of Penzance - Yiddish theatre presentation
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49465
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- P0161; SC 1923-52
- Date
- May 27, 2009
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Date
- May 27, 2009
- Fonds No.
- P0161
- Item No.
- SC 1923-52
- Notes
- Interview by Leslie Lutsky. In a 5 minute excerpt from this 19 minute interview, Bryna Wasserman discusses the challenges of presenting Pirates of Penzance in Yiddish. The complete interview is available in digital format on request.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube
Bryna Wasserman, Montreal: Montreal International Yiddish Theatre festival June 17-25, 2009; Pirates of Penzance - Yiddish theatre presentation
https://www.youtube.com/embed/oUZmzUHOaCkThe 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_TVbsp8Camp Kindervelt
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn78146
- Collection
- Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel : col.
- Fonds No.
- 1357; 1357_001
- Date
- 1949-1954
- Collection
- Camp Kindervelt/Camp Unzer Collection
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- 1 film reel : col.
- Date
- 1949-1954
- Fonds No.
- 1357
- Item No.
- 1357_001
- Storage Location
- 8-5A
- Notes
- Film capturing daily activities at Camp Kindervelt and Camp Unzer, between 1949-1954.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Jewish Public Library Archives
Images
YouTube
Camp Kindervelt
https://www.youtube.com/embed/VeTryjsBiDUCantorial 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/iTMo4iX0jdgCHOUEKE, Lolly, Montreal, Childhood in Shanghai
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48868
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- P0161; SC 1458-40
- Date
- September 2, 1996
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Date
- September 2, 1996
- Fonds No.
- P0161
- Item No.
- SC 1458-40
- Notes
- Oral history. Interview by Leslie Lutsky. Excerpts from this recording appear in a 2020 Canadian Jewish Archives video montage called 'Jewish Life in Shanghai'.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube
CHOUEKE, Lolly, Montreal, Childhood in Shanghai
https://www.youtube.com/embed/p2LC53h40_4Congregation 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/iW23vqbzv5YCongregation 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_IpxxtcDavid Fraser, Nottingham, England - author 'Honourary Protestants' the Jewish School Question in Montreal 1867-1997, detailed well-documented legal history
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn90216
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Fonds No.
- P0161; SC 2105-57
- Date
- November 07, 2015
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Date
- November 07, 2015
- Fonds No.
- P0161
- Item No.
- SC 2105-57
- Notes
- Interview by Leslie Lutsky, digitized February 17, 2020. In this 16 minute interview, David Fraser talks about the Jewish school question, difficulties faced by Jewish students and the discrimination from the Protestant School Board. A 7 minute excerpt is available for viewing on YouTube.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube
David Fraser, Nottingham, England - author 'Honourary Protestants' the Jewish School Question in Montreal 1867-1997, detailed well-documented legal history
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxQDAPN4wRwDedication by John Moss
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44496
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 16.10 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 220
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 16.10 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 220
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- The dedication for the consecration of the Shaar Hashomayim in 1886, written by John Moss, is read in this video.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Dedication by John Moss
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Cl8RBeGyjNIThe effects of September 11, 2001
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44500
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 16.88 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 225
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 16.88 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 225
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Mrs. Millie Lande discusses the events of September 11th in relation to the Shaar Hashomayim Congregation. Mrs. Lande states, “We must have faith that we can go forward and we can still do and fulfill the dreams that all of us have for the synagogue.”
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
The effects of September 11, 2001
https://www.youtube.com/embed/V0hr1R1_44YEISEN, Wendy, Toronto, author of COUNT US IN: The Struggle to Free Soviet Jews, A Canadian Perspective
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn48781
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- P0161; SC 1403-39
- Date
- May 5, 1995
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Date
- May 5, 1995
- Fonds No.
- P0161
- Item No.
- SC 1403-39
- Notes
- 20 minute interview by Leslie Lutsky for Radio Centreville. In a six and a half minute excerpt, Wendy Eisen speaks about the activity of the Group of 35 and her 1995 book about the history of the Soviet Jewry movement in Canada. The complete interview is available in digital format (WAV and WMA).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube
EISEN, Wendy, Toronto, author of COUNT US IN: The Struggle to Free Soviet Jews, A Canadian Perspective
https://www.youtube.com/embed/o2mOk67dxr8Elderly people's activities at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44494
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 18.11 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 218
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 18.11 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 218
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- The Congregation offers elderly people a range of socializing activities. One woman explains them in the following way, “Sunday can be the loneliest day in the week, so we are able to get up, get dressed, put on your makeup and away we go.”
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Elderly people's activities at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.youtube.com/embed/GzEkLUktQBsGirl Guides Group at the Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44492
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV recording : English : duration: 1 minute 55.92 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 116
- Date
- 2002
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : DV recording : English : duration: 1 minute 55.92 seconds
- Date
- 2002
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 116
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- In this video clip Gloria Halpern, who was a member of the Girl Guides that met at the Shaar Hashomayim, discusses her experiences of being part of this group.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Girl Guides Group at the Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eoSkdAAC9P4GORDON, Myer & Judy/ Toronto, co-ordinators of reunion Montefiore Hebrew Orphans
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn49119
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- P0161; SC 1707-46
- Date
- August 9, 2001
- Collection
- LUTSKY, Leslie = Jewish Digest Radio Show.
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Date
- August 9, 2001
- Fonds No.
- P0161
- Item No.
- SC 1707-46
- Notes
- Interview by Leslie Lutsky. In a five and a half minute excerpt, Myer speaks about life as an orphan and how the alumni came to have reunions for years afterwards.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
YouTube
GORDON, Myer & Judy/ Toronto, co-ordinators of reunion Montefiore Hebrew Orphans
https://www.youtube.com/embed/OTB9phUAiPUGuiding Principles of the Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44498
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 29.15 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 223
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 29.15 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 223
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- The guiding principles of the Shaar Hashomayim are read in this video. These principles include the worship of God and the teaching and study of Torah.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Guiding Principles of the Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BbaT_sHbXuMHelping the poor and elderly at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44493
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 46.36 seconds
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 215
- Date
- 2001
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- moving images
- Physical Description
- Video : VCR tape : English : duration: 46.36 seconds
- Date
- 2001
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 215
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- This video consists of the reading of a letter of thanks from Lily Norton to the Meals on Wheels service that is run by the Sisterhood at the Shaar Hashomayim for the elderly and invalid Congregation members.
- Places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
YouTube
Helping the poor and elderly at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim
https://www.youtube.com/embed/4nJMui86HDU