The Reverend John Haynes Holmes of the Community Church, has been awarded the Zeta Beta Tau Gottheil Medal for the year 1932. This medal is given annually by this fraternity to the American who has done the most for Jewry, during the preceding year.
The recipient is selected by the vote of a Committee of Editors of the Anglo-Jewish press of the United States.
The presentation will take place in Boston, Mass., at a banquet at the Copley Plaza Hotel, on May 13th. A three-day convention of Eastern units of Z.B.T. will follow.
The Gottheil Medal was established in honor of Professor Richard J. H. Gottheil of Columbia University, an outstanding leader in Jewish, American and international culture. For many years, Dr. Gottheil was National President of Zeta Beta Tau.
In New York City, May 13th, “Old Timers’ Day” will be celebrated at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where a ball will be given by the Metropolitan Alumni Club of Zeta Beta Tau.
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