 The building was purchased outright by the Congregation in 1968.Some of the notable figures associated with the Congregation are Esther Ghan Firestone, the first female cantor in Canada, Rabbi Reuben Slonim (1914–2000) (author, and also associate editor of The Toronto Telegram), known for his outspoken views on the Israeli-Arab conflict, Cantor Henry Weingluck, a well known artist who was a pupil of Max Liebermann, and Avrum Rosensweig, founder of Ve'ahavta, the Canadian Jewish Humanitarian Relief Organization.Since 1988, its religious leader has been writer and filmmaker Eli Rubenstein, leader of the Canadian March of the Living and March of Remembrance and Hope programs.