A fund of IL I million in honor of Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem has been established by a small group of his friends in the United States to provide scholarships and fellowships for outstanding undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it was announced by Sam Rothberg, chairman of the International Board of Governors of the university. Participants in this new fund, according to Rothberg, mode their contributions through the American Friends of the Hebrew University “to mark the 10th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem and to pay tribute to the splendid leadership of Mr. Kollek as mayor of the city during this challenging period.”
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