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  2. Lord Reading Law Society - Montefiore Club (1195 Rue Guy)
  3. 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…

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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…
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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…
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Pin: 1195 rue Guy
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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.
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  • 1195 rue Guy · address, the description above it · confidence 68% · inherited:address:exact · found as “1195 Rue Guy”
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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/
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2026-10-17T06:33:36Z · source datestamp n/a · mjm

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