Gate of Heaven: The Story of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal, 1846-1996
ISBN: 9780773568662
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Congregation Shaar Hashomayim (Westmount Quebec) -- History; Jews -- Quebec (Province) -- Montréal;

The Gate of Heaven is the story of the evolution of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, from the beginnings of Jewish settlement in Canada to present-day activities. Rabbi Wilfred Shuchat shows how the achievement of political rights for Jews in Canada galvanized immigration, leading the English/German/Polish congregation of the Shaar to create the second oldest congregation in Canada, the oldest in the Ashkenazic tradition.


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