FEINBERG, Rabbi Abraham L.

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Collection
FEINBERG, Rabbi Abraham L.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.12 metres of textual records.
Fonds No.
P0165
Date
1945-1986.
Scope and Content
1 file of correspondence. Biographical press clippings. Printed sermons about Jewish festivals, war, prejudice, hunger, antisemitism, humanity, religion in schools. Pamphlets on religious instruction, Reform Judaism, Germany, democracy, Jewish immigration.
Collection
FEINBERG, Rabbi Abraham L.
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
0.12 metres of textual records.
Scope and Content
1 file of correspondence. Biographical press clippings. Printed sermons about Jewish festivals, war, prejudice, hunger, antisemitism, humanity, religion in schools. Pamphlets on religious instruction, Reform Judaism, Germany, democracy, Jewish immigration.
Date
1945-1986.
Fonds No.
P0165
History / Biographical
Rabbi Abraham Feinberg was born in Bellaire, Ohio, in 1899. A Reform Rabbi, he took a leading part in opposing religious instruction in Ontario schools. He was a strong advocate of liberal social & political causes and racial equality and a regular contributor to Toronto's Globe & Mail and he wrote articles for many magazines including Maclean's, Saturday Night and Anglo-Jewish publications. He was National co-chairman of the Joint Public Relations Committee of Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai Brith.
Notes
1 correspondence file.
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Canadian Jewish Archives
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