37 records – page 1 of 2.

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
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
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
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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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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BROOK, 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/Xibz68kLySM
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Bryna 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/oUZmzUHOaCk
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The 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]
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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Camp 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
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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]
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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Children 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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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CHOUEKE, 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_4
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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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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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David 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/sxQDAPN4wRw
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Dedication 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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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The 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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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_44Y
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EISEN, 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/o2mOk67dxr8
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Elderly 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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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/GzEkLUktQBs
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Girl 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
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
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/eoSkdAAC9P4
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GORDON, 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/OTB9phUAiPU
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Guiding 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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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_sHbXuM
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Helping 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
Collection
CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
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
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