Michael Garber was a Montreal based lawyer, Canadian Jewish community activist and a founder and succeeded Samuel Bronfman

Samuel Bronfman

Samuel Bronfman, was a Canadian business magnate and philanthropist. He founded Distillers Corporation Limited, and is a member of the Canadian Jewish family dynasty, the Bronfman family.-Early life:...

 as president of the Canadian Jewish Congress

Canadian Jewish Congress

The Canadian Jewish Congress was one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in the country, although it often competed with the more conservative B'nai Brith Canada in that regard. At its dissolution, the president of the CJC was Mark Freiman. Its past co-presidents were Sylvain Abitbol...

 from 1962 to 1968 after having chaired its national executive for a number of years.. He was also a president of the Zionist Organization of Canada. He also wrote a column for the Canadian Jewish Chronicle and contributed to the Yiddish newspaper Keneder Adler.