Maurice Henry Harris (November 9, 1859 – June 23, 1930) served as rabbi of Temple Israel of Harlem for almost fifty years.
A year later, the congregation, then known as Temple Israel of Harlem, moved to a new location and began using the Jastrow prayer book.
The campaign was sponsored by Hadassah, and after his death a model experimental station in school dietetics was established in Palestine in his memory.
The honorary pallbearers were trustees of Temple Israel and representatives of the Board of Jewish Ministers and the Association of Reform Rabbis (of which Harris was president when he died).
The funeral was attended by, among other people, Court of Appeals Judge Irving Lehman, Felix M. Warburg, Federal Judge Julian W. Mack, Rabbi Nathan Krass, Justice Joseph M. Proskauer, and delegations representing the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (led by Benjamin Altheimer and Ludwig Vogelstein), the Federation of Jewish Settlements, and the Sisterhood, Ladies' Auxiliary, Men's Club, and Parents' Association of Temple Israel.