Information about what can be found in the physical archive located in the Shaar Shalom Synagogue
Box # 1 Women's League Info
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Women’s league Receipts and Disbursements 1958-1960
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Women’s league Receipts and Disbursements 1961-1962
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Women’s league General Meeting minutes 1959-1961
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Women’s League Receipts and Disbursements 1963-1967
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Women’s League Dues and Membership 1956-1984
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Unused receipt book from Women’s League
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File folder 1: “Yizkor is for everyone” bulletin, “Why Jewish Family Living”, “A Word on Christmas by the Jewish Family Living Chairman”
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File folder #2: Pamphlets from Women’s League for Conservative Judaism New York on how to create and run a Women’s League
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File folder #3: Members list 1977-1978, correspondence from Marianne Ferguson 1978 concerning women’s league
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File Folder #4: Presidential File Mrs. Nathan Green 1965-1967, Divray Torah 5738
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Women’s League receipt book 1963-1965
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Women’s League Receipt book 1987-1988
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Eastern Canadian Branch Conference 1963
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Clothing sale flyers 1970, 1972, 1967, 1968, 1973
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Dinners catered by the Women’s League
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Tea & Sale 1960-1963
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Torah Fund – Matilde Schechter Residence hall Campaign
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Florie Fineberg Fund Raising Diary 1965-1966
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Women’s League General Meeting Minutes 1959
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Financial Statements 1972-1980
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Skits for programs
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Soroptomist (women’s organization) Bulletins
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Bride’s Hope Chest Raffle 1956
1958-1988
Box #2 The League (an amalgamation of The Women’s League and The Men’s Club)
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File folder #1: League Membership report 1994, Letter asking for League membership, Notes from the president of The League – no years, List of League lifetime members – no year, Notes from the League President – 1988, League minutes 1985- 1987
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File Folder #2: Flyers for Mother’s Day brunch – a League fundraiser
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File Folder #3: Flyers for bargain bonanza bazaar 1990, 1992, 1989 and undated
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File Folder #4: Nov 14, 1992 Breakfast Club agenda,
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File Folder #5: Information about diner for Shaar’s 32nd birthday honouring Dr. Irving Perlin
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File Folder #6: Information about Shaar auction 1985
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File Folder #7: Information about Shaar auction 1992
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File Folder #8: League report 1993, 1991/1992 Budget, Various thank you cards written to the League, executives 1993-1994, various League documents 1993-1995
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Hanukkah sale 1993 flyer, league executives list – what year? Clothing sale 1993, Conversion class 1992, Breakfast club agenda 1994
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Purim Luncheons
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Tablecloth
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League financial statements
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1997 Newsletter
Box #3 The House Committee
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Shaar Shalom inventory Nov 2006 Mar 2007 CD
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Folder ‘Quotations”: Info on Shaar Shalom Congregation Capital and Endowment Fund, info on window replacement and other repairs
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“Shaar Shalom Caretaker” File
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“Building Information”: Building Inventory (no year), Beautification committee report 1986, House Committee Report 1986, Drawings by Linda Offman for sanctuary panels
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Photos of unveiling of Shaar Shalom sign on building – scan?
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CPTED audit 2003
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Photos of water on roof and water damage 1995
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General house Items and Bookings 1992
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General House Items and Bookings 1993
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Shaar Shalom Apartment information
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Various quotes from Building committee 1992
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Shaar insurance 1994-1995
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Finances 1999
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Renovations and Caretaker Apartment 1991-1992
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Proposal and Data – Shaar Shalom sign
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Photos of structural damage in Shul
Box # 4 Old Stencils – long box
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Congregational Breakfast – year?
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Regulations for monuments in cemeteries
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Shaar Bulletin from Rabbi Leo Heim 1976
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Questionnaire about role of women in conservation movement 1976
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Mother’s Day brunch 1976
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Spring clothing sale by Women’s League 1976
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1973 document about men and women being counted equally in a minyan
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Shaar Shalom cemetery regulations
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Articles of Association of Shaar Shalom Congregation – year?
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1976 Letter about increasing dues
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Passover song sheet
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New prayers for the high holidays
Many documents are unreadable due to printing problems.
Many documents are not date with a year
Box #5 Music, Events and Sheet Music
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Folder #1 Music Events: Sukkot and Simchat Torah with Cantor Ari, Ruach Shabbat music
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Music for anniversary dinner celebrating Irving Perlin
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Shaar Shalom 33rd Birthday skit – written and produced by Florie Fineberg June 15, 1986
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List of founding members for 33rd birthday dinner, handwritten info about history of Shaar and Hebrew school
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F. Fienberg folder containing The Atlantic Haggadah Show Script and sheet music
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Program for encore and sheet music of songs preformed
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Encore Songs – 50th Anniversary
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Wedding and Hanukkah sheet music for choir
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High holiday sheet music
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Neilah Service sheet music
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High holidays sheet music
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Sabbath Sheet Music
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File Folder #2: assorted sheet music
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Friday Night Music
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Ahavat Olam and Tov L’Hodot Idelson
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‘Shul Politics’ A musical Skit by Florie Fineberg
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File Folder #3: Lost Composers concert Nov 9, 2003, 1956 Varieties program
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File Folder #4 Shaar Shalom Events Musical Programs: Musicale Program presented by Women’s League and Men’s Club of Shaar Shalom, Board of Governors invitation to cocktails and hors d’oeuvres 1970, Invitation to Oneg Shabbat in honour of Rabbi and Mrs. Isaac Freeman 1957, Invitation to Men’s Club First Auction – year?, Handwritten notes on Musicale to celebrate Jewish Music Month 1962, Program from Musicale 1955, Hanukkah gift sale flyer -year?, Flyer for Jewish Community Skating at the Halifax Forum
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File Folder #5 Shaar events 1980’s: AJC calendar of events 1983, Annual report of the cultural committee 1984, 1985 Events, Scholar in residence Dr. Bernard Cooperman, Scholar in residence program with Rabbi Seymour Siegel, Scholar in residence weekend with Bernard Reisman, Jewish Msuic Concert March 29, 1987, Jewish Music Month Concert March 6, 1988
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File Folder #6 shaar Shalom concerts 1984: Info on Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra Concert March 25, 1984, Information on Adam Stern, Alan Stern’s son and rising pianist star and original photo from 1984
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File Folder #7: Shaar Shalom gardening party flyer – no year, An evening with David Chintz 1990, Challenge & Change workshop 1992, Family Deli & Bingo Nite 1992, Hanukkah 1992 Program, Mother’s Day Brunch 1993, Jewish Music Concert 1992, Yom Hashoah Service 1996
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File Folder #8: Articles about Dr. Shulman lecture, Dedication of two Torah finders, Rabbi Goldsmith Lecture 1962, Second Annual Lecture Series Feb 25, 1963?, 1963 dedication of Yad Vashem Candelabrum, Festival of Jewish Music Radio show beginning 1963, Special General Meeting 1963, Sabbath and Shavuot Services 1963, Rabbi Goldsmith talk “my experience in Birmingham” 1963, Rabbi Goldsmith talk “Two Paths to One G-d: Judaism and Christianity” 1963, Jewish Book Month 1963, Mail Star article about Dr. Mordecai Kaplan’s visit to Halifax 1963, Rebecca Cohn plaque dedication 1965, Concert of Jewish Music 1965, Birthday Banquet booklet 1966, Index of report on 4th communal Passover seder – report is not attached, Newspaper article on Lavy Becker visit 1966
Box #6 High Holiday Bulletins
High Holiday Bulletins in chronological order 1954-2014
Box #7 Correspondence
Variety of correspondence regarding membership and synagogue matters 1970-1994
This was archived by previous summer students in 1996
Box #8 Box of photos and documents donated to the archive by Nancy Cieplinski
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Jewish Living now pamphlet
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Shaar Shalom Hannukah edition 1984
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Laura Hershorn Library list of book – undated
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Pamphlet for Jewish Book Month events – undated
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Photo of Shaar Shalom Hebrew School in black folder with names of children in photo
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Births, Deaths, Marriages, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs & Engagements 5759/1999
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Rabbi Chinitz speech to congregation May 31, 1992
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Archives Catalog 1996
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List of Shaar Shalom Junior & Senior high school students as of Feb, 2001
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Photos of Molly Rechnitzer and others from event at the Shaar – undated
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Write up for 25th anniversary of Shaar Shalom about Hebrew school and scholar in residence weekend
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February 1984 Shaar Shalom Newsletter
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Pesach 1984 Shaar Shalom Newsletter
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Pamphlet for Opening Breakfast Club undated
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Long photos of plaque dedication for library and small sanctuary downstairs
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Book of Sabbath songs X 2
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Pamphlet from 33rd Birthday celebration June 15, 1986
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Photos from student art project
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Pamphlet about student art project: Every deed counts an exhibition by The Shaar Shalom Hebrew School
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4 X 6 photos from plaque dedication event for library and small sanctuary plaques
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Photos from Shaar Shalom Cemetery
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Two photos of Annette Walt, Hebrew schoolteacher, Rabbi Leo Heim and students
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Undated photos from model seder
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Pamphlet from 32nd birthday celebration June 9,1985
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Adult B’Not Mitzvah booklet
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Shaar Shalom Library committee update 2002, Entertainment Book Update 2002, Fiftieth Anniversary and Beautification of the Shaar Flyer 2002, Project Connect Survey 2002
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Fiftieth Anniversary Tribute Dinner Flyer
Box #9 Record Books
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Records of Rabbi Max Wallach Feb 15, 1967 – March 1969: Conversions, Bar Mitzvahs & Marriages
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Bar & Bat Mitzvah book 1954 – 1981
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Record book containing memberships 1963-1968
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Marriage Book 1952-1982
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Records 1984-1995: Births, marriages, deaths, conversions, bar/bat mitzvahs
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Record book 1988-1996
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Record book of deaths 1953-1985
1953-1996
Box #10 Correspondence
1952-1969
This box was archived by the summer students in 1996
Box #11 Board Minutes
Board Minutes and Meetings 1950s – 1970s
Box #12 Board Minutes
Board Minutes and Meetings 1980’s – 1990’s
Appeals to the board 1960s – 1990s
Various committees 1970s -1980s
Box #13 Membership Records
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Yahrzeits 1952-1966
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Membership forms – undated
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Conversions 1957-1989
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Divorces 1957-1984
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Marriages 1952-1987 Assorted not all
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Membership lists 1954-1991
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Membership dues 1966
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Newspaper clippings about members 1969
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Archivist report 1969-1970
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Resignations 1980-1987
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Conversion procedures 1982
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Membership list 1987-1988
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Laura Herschorn photos and memorabilia
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Condolence letters 1989-1990
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Membership lists 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1997, 1998
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Jon Goldberg birthday flyer
1952-2019
Also includes membership applications and correspondence from years listed
Box #14 Bulletins
Pesach, Sukkot, Hanukkah, weekly newsletters, monthly schedule of events 1956-2003
Box #15 Hebrew School
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Curriculums 1974-1975, 1991, 2000/2001
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Hebrew school bulletins/newsletters 1965-1979, 1985-1987
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Class lists and schedules 1965-1993
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Plans for Hebrew school 1958
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Mordechai and Dina Shlank info-hebrew school teachers
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Jewish Day School plan 1987
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First Annual Jewish Teen Jamboree 1983
Contains various event flyers, schedules, newsletters and class lists from dates listed
First Hebrew school in home of the Stern’s
Box #16 Miscellaneous
Shaar Shalom Services, Wider Community Engagement, Shaar Shalom Library
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Services booklets undated
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Synagogue Memorabilia: contains service booklets and event flyers
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1959 High Holydays schedule and aliyahs
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1960 List of High Holydays honours
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1962 List of High Holydays Honours
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1966 The Sabbath Service of Prayer and Song in Commemoration of the Bar Mitzvah Anniversary of Shaar Shalom Congregation
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1966 List of High Holydays Honours
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1968 List of High Holydays honours
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1972 List of High Holydays Honours
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1972 Selichot Service
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1972-1975 List of high Holydays Honours
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1976 Family Oriented Friday Evening service
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Rabbi Fritz Rothschild visit lecture flyer
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1970, 1978, 1981 List of High Holydays Honours
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Shaar Shalom supplementary prayers for Yom Kippur – undated
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Bar Mitzvah Kippas: Charles Benjamin Tetreault 1989 and Lisa Gaum 1986
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The Shaar Shalom Guide to Funeral and Mourning Practices 1999 and 2001
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Bar Mitzvah Booklets 1995
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Photos of small chapel before redecoration 1991
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Photos of Shaar Shalom conversion 1993
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1991, 1994 List of High Holydays Honours
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Shaar Shalom Hannukkah Dinner 2000
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Bar mitzvah booklets 2002-2013 and Weddings booklet 2003
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High holiday information 2012-2013
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List of Canadian Jewish Veterans from Atlantic Canada who served in WWII
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Publicity and news releases of Shaar shalom from 1960s
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Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission 1980-1982
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Info on Prayer Book dedications and donations1955-1996
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Info on Shaar Shalom Library
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Names on Table cloth
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1996 Member Info
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Interview with Natan Nevo July 14, 1997
Box #17 Shaar Founding and Early Years, Cemetery and Tree of Life
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Building plans/layout, hardware, fund pledges 1954-1956
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Misc info regarding building and members 1953-1971
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Tales from my hometown Marianne Echt
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History of the Shaar
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Memorandum of Association and By-Laws of Shaar Shalom
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Shaar mortgage
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Folder with newspaper clippings and list of past rabbis and presidents
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Dedication Service
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Articles of association of Shaar shalom Congregation
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Congratulatory Telegrams on synagogue dedication 1954
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Dances 1950’s
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Ground Breaking Era 1955-1956
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RE: Building 1955-1956
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Eulogies: Mr. Noa Heinish, Norman Newman, Revo Fishman
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Bema Construction Plans
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Memorial Plaque forms
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Dedication of Shaar Shalom Cemetery 1953
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Shaar Shalom cemetery records 1953
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Chevra Kadisha Society
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Cemetery Trust
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Tree of life order form
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Book of Tree of Life leaves
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Various Tree of Life Documents
Box #18 Photos
Box #19 Photo Albums