Joseph G. Weisberg, co-publisher of The Jewish Advocate here, and the weekly newspaper’s executive editor, was appointed by Gov. John A. Volpe to membership on the state’s newly-constituted Board of Education. In that post, he succeeds Dr. Alexander Brin, publisher of The Jewish Advocate, who served for more than 25 years on the old State Board of Education.
Mr. Weisberg’s appointment brings to four the number of Jewish leaders on the reorganized bodies of the Massachusetts Department of Education. Norman S. Rabb is chairman of the new Advisory Council on Education; Mrs. Sol Weltman is a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Colleges; and Mrs. Frieda S. Ullian is a member of the Board of Higher Education.
The Jewish Advocate has also received the first-place award for “Best Editorial Page in Class V, ” given annually by the New England Press Association. Members of the association include more than 200 weekly and community daily newspapers in every state in New England. The award was given for the editorial page’s “excellence of format and content.”
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