The board of trustees of the Hebrew Theological College here, the largest rabbinical seminary in the Middle West, announced today the election of Rabbi Simon G. Kramer of New York as the new president of the institution. He succeeds Rabbi Oscar Fasman, who is retiring from the post, Rabbi Kramer is a former president of the Synagogue Council of America, and of the New York Board or Rabbis.
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