Vers 1900-2012
Ce temple de style néo-égyptien fut construit sur la rue Stanley près de Sainte-Catherine, de 1887 à 1890.
Tout comme les autres synagogues de la ville, celle-ci sera abandonnée par sa communauté en 1922 suite à la construction d’un nouveau lieu de culte plus vaste à Westmount. Elle fut démolie dans les années 1960.
Source : BANQ
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HI, I am the author of Traces of the Past-Montreal’s Early Synagogues.
Shearith Israel, otherwise known as the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue remained at 1445 Stanley Street location until 1947 when it relocated to its present location in Snowdon at 4894 St. Kevin. It was the Shaar Hashomayim that moved from its downtown location at 1320 McGill College Avenue in 1922 to its present location in Westmount on Cote St. Antoine and Kennsington. It is also important to note that the Shearith Israel was the first synagogue established in all of Canada in 1768 and one of the earliest congregations in all of North America. Interestingly, its establishment also predated the founding of the first Protestant church in Montreal.