GELBER, Moses

Held by

Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

1940 (indexed as 1940)

Level

file

Scope & content

Obituary, Canadian Zionist pioneer. File characteristics: Clippings and correspondence. Relates to material outside Montreal.

Location

No place found in this description yet.

Locate this photo

Subjects

Moses GELBER

Genre / form

textual record

Format

Document

In the picture

DocumentFuneralHandwrittenJewish CommunityLetterMayorMunicipal GovernmentNewspaper ClippingPoliticsPrintedSignatureTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

Hebrew Journal, Dec. 19, 1940.Dec. 19, HJAll Canada RepresentedAt Gelber Funeral TodayMayor, Board of ControlMourn Gelber PassingJ. M. SOMERSCity Clerk.RABBI JESSE SCHWARTZ WILL ATTEND FUNERALThe Mayor of Toronto and the Board of Control of the City published a statement of condolences on the passing of Moses Gelber, the pioneering communal worker and citizen of this city:December 18th, 1940.Mrs. Moses Gelber,483 Huron Street,Toronto.Dear Mrs. Gelber:His Worship the Mayor and Members of the Board of Control, having learned with profound shock of the death of your beloved husband, desire to record an expression of their deep sorrow at the passing of one of Toronto's outstanding citizens.The late Mr. Gelber was a noted philanthropist and an outstanding leader in the Toronto Jewish community and was keenly interested in all welfare work concerning the Jewish people, both at home and abroad.The citizens of Toronto mourn the loss of a most respected citizen of the community, the memory of whose good deeds will live long afterwards in the minds of his fellow citizens.To his bereaved family, the Members of the Board of Control extend their sincere sympathy in this their hour of deep sorrow.Sincerely yours,The funeral will begin with a private family ceremony in the morning at his home. At 11.30 public ceremonies will take place at the Brunswick Ave. Jewish Centre, and at 1.00 at the Goel Tzedeck Congregation on University Ave. Interment will take place on the Jones Ave. Cemetery.The City Council will place a wreath on the fresh grave of Moses Gelber today.Jewish organizations in the city called on their members and supporters to pay their last respects to the departed by attending the funeral.Among the organizations which issued this call to their members are the Kehillah of the city, the Toronto Zionist Council and the Hadassah, the Brunswick Ave. Jewish Centre, the D'Arcy St. Talmud Torah Aitz Hachaim, and the Canadian Jewish Congress.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

Harvested

2026-10-19T05:48:08Z · source datestamp n/a · andornot

Digital objects at the source

• imageOpen original at source ↗CJC-ZB-Gelber-Moses-Obituary-1940.jpg
• imageOpen original at source ↗CJC-ZB-Gelber-Moses-Obituary-1940-2.jpg