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Moses Gelber Left $70,000 to Jewish Institutions

April 8, 1941
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Seventy thousand dollars was bequeathed to Jewish institutions by Moses Gelber, prominent Canadian Jewish leader and philanthropist, who died here on Dec. 17, it became known today when his will was made public. Of this sum, $10,000 will be distributed among Jewish institutions in Canada and $60,000 will be set as a trust fund, the income of which will go to the widow. After her death the fund is to be distributed among the Jewish National Fund, the Hebrew University, the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and other institutions.

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