Tribute was paid here today to Dr. Abba Eillel Silver, in recognition of his services to the Zionist cause and his achievements in the field of Jewish scholarship, at a testimonial dinner tendered him by a special committee under the chairmanship of Judge Henry Ellenbogen.
More than 800 persons representing a cross-section of the Pittsburgh community attended the function. An album of inscriptions was presented to Dr. Silver on behalf of numerous local organizations and groups which contributed to the Jewish National Fund for the acquisition of at least four dunams of land in his name and which inseribed his name in the J.N.F. Golden Book.
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