Category: Architecture

74 exhibits found

1935-1935

Sam Borenstein – Residence

3635 Durocher Apt 3

Born in Lithuania, Borenstein immigrated to Montreal in 1921 with his father and one sister. He first worked as a furrier’s apprentice in Ottawa before...

1951-1955

Henry Morgentaler – Residence

280 Bernard O Apt. 6

A prisoner of the Lodz Ghetto and Dachau concentration camps, Henry Morgentaler (1923-2013) survived with his brother but lost both his parents to the Nazis....

Peter Bercovitch – Residence 1912-1937

Peter Bercovitch – Residence

337 Roslyn Avenue, Westmount

Peter Bercovitch (1879 –1942) was a prominent political figure in Montreal’s Jewish community in the first half of the 20th century. His parents were immigrants...

Rabbi Lavy Becker – Residence 1945-1950

Rabbi Lavy Becker – Residence

4992 Lacombe

Rabbi Lavy Becker (1905-2001) is best known in the Montreal community for having founded the city’s first Reconstructionist synagogue, Dorshei Emet, in 1960. The Reconstructionist...

Rabbi Lavy Becker – Residence 1971-2001

Rabbi Lavy Becker – Residence

4840 Côte-Saint-Luc

Rabbi Lavy Becker (1905-2001) is best known in the Montreal community for having founded the city’s first Reconstructionist synagogue, Dorshei Emet, in 1960. The Reconstructionist...

Rabbi Lavy Becker – Dorshei Emet 1960-1967

Rabbi Lavy Becker – Dorshei Emet

5170 Van Horne

Rabbi Lavy Becker (1905-2001) is best known in the Montreal community for having founded the city’s first Reconstructionist synagogue, Dorshei Emet, in 1960. The Reconstructionist...