Jewish Life Elsewhere.(two books)(Review) From: Shofar | Date: June 22, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 University of Nebraska Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Gate of Heaven: The Story of Congregation Shaar Hashornayim in Montreal, 1846-1996, by Wilfred Shuchat. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. 536 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0-7735-2089-9.

Here is the story of the evolution of Congregation Shaar Hashornayim from the beginnings of Jwish 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 ...

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