Twenty-eight rabbis who completed their studies at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University during the past year, were ordained here today by Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of the University. The ordinations were conferred at the conclusion of a three-day semicha convocation held at the University in honor of the rabbis.
Among the rabbis ordained today was Rabbi Yehuda L. Bohrer of Bnei Brak, the first Israeli ever to receive ordination from Yeshiva University, He is a graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
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