Becker, Lavy M.

Becker, Lavy M. 

Born in 1905, Becker was a rabbi and a businessman. He was a National Vice-President of Canadian Jewish Congress, an executive chairman of Federation of Jewish Community Services. He was on the Board of Governors Canadian Welfare Council, Board of Directors America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Board of Governors, Combined Jewish Appeal. He was a National Vice-President Zionist Organization of Canada; Director of the Joint Distribution Committee in U.S.A. Zone, Germany. He is a former Executive Director Young Men's Hebrew Association. He was a representative of the Jewish Welfare Board in Caribbean countries, a founder of the Beth-El Congregation in the Town of Mount Royal, and he was the founder and first rabbi of Reconstructionist Synagogue, Hampstead. He died in Montreal in 2001 

Becker, Lavy M.