- Museum of Jewish Montreal
- Lord Reading Law Society - Montefiore Club (1195 Rue Guy)
- Photo of Justice Harry Batshaw, ca. 1970s, the first Jewish lawyer to be appointed to a Canadian superior court by virtue of his appointment to the Superior…
Photo of Justice Harry Batshaw, ca. 1970s, the first Jewish lawyer to be appointed to a Canadian superior court by virtue of his appointment to the Superior…
itemca. 1970s
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Where
- Held by
- Museum of Jewish Montreal via Museum of Jewish Montreal — map of Jewish Montreal
- Dates
- ca. 1970s (indexed as 1970–1979)
- Level
- item (source: Photograph)
- Scope & content
- Photo of Justice Harry Batshaw, ca. 1970s, the first Jewish lawyer to be appointed to a Canadian superior court by virtue of his appointment to the Superior Court of Q in 1950. Justice Batshaw was sworn in using a copy of the Hebrew Bible, instead of the traditionally-used Christian Bible. This was considered a controversial move at the time. Courtesy of CJCCCNA.
- Location
- 1195 rue Guy · address, the description above it · confidence 68% · inherited:address:exact · found as “1195 Rue Guy”
- Access & use
- Courtesy of CJCCCNA. Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives (now the Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives) From the Museum of Jewish Montreal's exhibit « Lord Reading Law Society - Montefiore Club »: https://museejuifmontreal.ca/en/exhibit/lord-reading-law-society-montefiore-club/
- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:36Z · source datestamp n/a · mjm
Digital objects at the source
- imageOpen original at source ↗img_15555219e1b70f.webp