The story of the evolution of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Weaving together individual stories and the history of the Shaar, this book demonstrates how the turbulence of the nineteenth century produced a twentieth-century Shaar and Montreal Jewish community.
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.
