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Commemorative plaque
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn75143
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Commemorative plaque : Engraved : Yellow,Black ; Ht: 13,5 in. x W: 10,5 in.
- Date
- 1948
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Commemorative plaque : Engraved : Yellow,Black ; Ht: 13,5 in. x W: 10,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- 1948
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- Hebrew
- English
- Notes
- Yellow rectangular plaque with decorative border running on all sides; at top centre of border is a small portrait of Theodor Herzl with an Israeli flag on either side. On right border is an image of a man holding a pickaxe, standing in a field. On left border is an image of an angel supporting a collapsing figure. At bottom is a harbor scene, with 2 boats in a body of water, framed by modern buildings and trees. Plaque is engraved with the Hebrew text of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Under text, the 37 signatures of the Provisional State Council are engraved. Narrative: The original owner was a Mr. Openheim, a friend of the donor. Mr. Openheim was born in Russia and survived the war in China. He emigrated to Israel in 1948, and received this plaque as thanks for his financial support for the founding of the state.
- Accession No.
- 1998.33.01
- Name Access
- Bronfen, Eugenia
- Places
- Israel, Asia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Etrog Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44218
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Olive wood ; Ht:8.5 cm x W:16.5 cm : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 493
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Olive wood ; Ht:8.5 cm x W:16.5 cm : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 493
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Octagon shape; Hebrew inscriptions; carvings of Wailing Wall; Holy Graves and other Holy places in Israel; on lid, prayer on the lulav for Sukkot . Hinged on one side.
- Places
- Israel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Israeli "Lirot"
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44471
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Currency : Paper ; Ht:1/2: 7.2 cm, 1: 7.5 cm, 5: 7.8 cm, 10: 8.1 cm, 50: 9.3 cm x W:1/2: 12.9 cm, 1: 13.4 cm, 5: 14 cm, 10: 14.9 cm, 50: 17.7 cm : English, Hebrew and Arabic
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 961
- Date
- 1958
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Currency : Paper ; Ht:1/2: 7.2 cm, 1: 7.5 cm, 5: 7.8 cm, 10: 8.1 cm, 50: 9.3 cm x W:1/2: 12.9 cm, 1: 13.4 cm, 5: 14 cm, 10: 14.9 cm, 50: 17.7 cm : English, Hebrew and Arabic
- Date
- 1958
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 961
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Notes
- Second Issue, 1958.
- Places
- Israel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Documents
Images
Kiddush cup
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn47612
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Kiddush cup : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled, embossed ?, coiled ; Ht: 15,6 cm
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Kiddush cup : cast (moulded), soldered, beveled, embossed ?, coiled ; Ht: 15,6 cm
- Other Title Information
- Ceremonial Artifact
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Cup suppored by a thin, cylindrical stem and a round base. Cup flares out from the bottom to the centre and tapers in from the centre to the top. The middle-top part of the up has an embossed leaf pattern. Spaced evenly apart, above the flare, are 3 decorative oval details, raised from the cup surface. The top edge has a beveled lip. The bottom of the cup/top of the stem and the bottom of the stem have decorative detailing, resembling rope, looping like waves around the circumference. The base has beveled tiers, with metal wave details and coiling along the circumference, near the beveled edge. On the stem, above the coils, is a raised half circle with Hebrew lettering. Narrative: Cup was made at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel's national school of art, founded in 1906 by Boris Schatz.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.196.01
- Name Access
- Kramer, Michael
- Places
- Jerusalem, Israel, Asia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Medal
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn51211
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Hammered, Cut: Glued : brown, beige ; Ht: 2,5 in. x W: 2,5 in.
- Date
- June 1981
- Collection
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Medal : Hammered, Cut: Glued : brown, beige ; Ht: 2,5 in. x W: 2,5 in.
- Other Title Information
- Documentary Artifact
- Date
- June 1981
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Language
- English
- Hebrew
- Notes
- Circular coin with a raised Stars of David on the obverse, and a globe and a menorah on the reverse. Sits on a rectangular wooden stand with a raised triangular part near the edge. The triangle has a convex curve cut out, with a trench in the middle.
- Accession No.
- 2011X.58.35
- Name Access
- MHMC
- Places
- Israel, Asia
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Spice Box
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44200
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Olive wood ; Ht:13.7 cm : Hebrew
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 475
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Olive wood ; Ht:13.7 cm : Hebrew
- Date
- [ca. 1958]
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 475
- Physical Condition
- Very good
- Notes
- Copper medallions on four sides with images: "Yisrael 10," "? Rachel." "Star of David - Zion." "Migdal David (Tower of David)."
- Places
- Israel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
Spice Box with Removable Lid
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn44284
- Collection
- CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Canadian silver ; Ht:4.4 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01; 579
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- object
- Physical Description
- Artifact : Canadian silver ; Ht:4.4 cm
- Fonds No.
- SH-01
- Item No.
- 579
- Physical Condition
- Good
- Notes
- Spice box with removable lid, inscribed underneath "DUGMA Made in Israel Sterling." Decorated with stars.
- Places
- Israel
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives
Images
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