The appointment of Rabbi Herbert Weiner of South Orange, N. J., as administrator of the new School of the Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem was announced today by Dr, Nelson Glueck, president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
The Jerusalem School of the Hebrew Union College will provide an American center for the study of biblical archaeology and related fields. Its new building, to be completed soon, provides ample modern facilities for the administrator, an archaeological director, an annual professor, visiting professors and graduate fellows. It contains a chapel where Reform services will be held regularly.
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