The board of directors of the Jewish National Fund has decided to recommend that the burial vault of Nicanor on Mount Scopus, where the remains of Leo Pinsker were deposited last week, shall be preserved for the remains of Jews who have given exceptional service to their people. The decision as to whom these will be is to rest in the hands of the Zionist Executive, Hebrew University and the Jewish National Fund.
REFUGEE SCHOLAR APPOINTED
Yeshiva College announces the appointment of Dr. Eric Gutkin of Berlin as lecturer in modern philosophy.
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