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Testimonial dinner programm to Lyon Cohen, Dec. 16, 1935

Date Range	1904-1937.
Description Level	Fonds
Collection	COHEN, Lyon. (View all records in this collection ) (View Fond Description ) (View Finding Aid )
Fonds No.	P0037
Physical Description	0.04 metres of textual records.
History/Biographical	Born in 1868, Lyon Cohen was a businessman and a philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Canadian Jewish Times, the first anglo-Jewish periodical in Canada; treasurer of the Montreal Reform Club; former President of Jewish Colonization Association in Canada, Baron de Hirsch Institute, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, Canadian Jewish Congress 1919, Montreal Va'ad Ha'ir; organized Jewish Immigrant Aid Services of Canada. He died in 1937
Scope & Content	Manuscript of address before third Canadian Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly in 1936. Press clippings and correspondence paying tribute to his public service.
Notes	Mostly originals, press clippings.
Repository	Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives