Jewish Institute to Give Degrees

Six men will receive degrees at the eighth annual commencement exercises of the Jewish Institute of Religion to be held in its auditorium this morning at ten thirty o’clock. The degree of Master of Hebrew Literature and Rabbi will be conferred upon Abram Granowitz, Pittsburgh; David W. Pearlman, New York; Maurice Pekarsky, Grand Rapids; Maurice Harold Schatz, Toronto; and Joseph Shalom Shubow, Newtonville, Mass. The degree of Master of Literature will be conferred upon Isaac Levitats of Lithuania. The degrees will be conferred by Dr. Stephen S. Wise who will also deliver the principal address.

The fellowship for study in Palestine and prize awards made by the faculty are:

Guggenheimer Fellowship—Maurice Bernard Pekarsky, ’33.

Margaret Neumark Prize for excellence and distinction—David W. Pearlman, ’33.

Betrtha Bloch Prize for best endeavor in first year’s studies—Meyer Miller, ’36.

Alexander Kohut Prizes in Talmud—Julius Kravetz, ’34: Coleman Zwitman, ’35.

John Palmer Prize to most meritorious student—Jerome Malino, ’35.

Rebekeh Kohut Prize in Bible—Abram Granowitz, ’33. Honorable Mention—Harold Saperstein, ’35.

Sidney E. Goldstein Prize in Social Service—Harold Saperstein, ’35.

Philip S. Waldheim Prize in Social Service—Harold Kamsler, ’36.

Louis Marshall Prize in Education—Joseph Shalom Shubow, ’33.

Augusta and Richard Weiner Prize in History—David W. Pearlman, ’33; Abram Isaac Jacobson ’35.

Adolph M. Holstein Prize in Philosophy—Abram Granowitz, ’33.

Leopold Michels Prize in Hebrew—Martin Moses Perelmuter, ’34; Saul White, ’35.

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Prize—Joseph Shalom Shubow, ’33.

After the exercises, a luncheon will be served to the guests of the graduates, trustees, faculty, and alumni. The speakers at the luncheon will be: Frederick L. Guggenheimer, member of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Shalom Spiegel, Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the Institute, Rabbi Benjamin B. Goldstein, of Montgomery, Ala., and Maurice Bernard Pekarsky.