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Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region Community Action for Israel Committee- Rabbi Harvey Fields, Chairman
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-123
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2004-5-123
- Material Format
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Date
- 1979
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the activities of the Community Action for Israel Committee of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Central Region and the role of Rabbi Harvey Fields as Chairman. Included are memos, correspondence, meeting minutes and agendas, list of committee members, press releases, newspaper clippings, and a seminar program. As well there are a few letters to Stephen Speisman, Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives from individuals in small Jewish communities in Ontario.
- Administrative History
- The Community Action Committee for Israel was constituted on March 1978. Rabbi Harvey Fields served congregations in Boston, New Jersey, and Holy blossom Temple in Toronto before becoming the senior rabbi of the Wiltshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles from 1985-2003. He passed away on January 23, 2014 at the age of 78.
- Source
- Archival Accessions