Simon Wiesenthal. who as head of the Center for Documentation in Vienna, has ferreted out hundreds of Nazi war criminals, will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion on June 3. The ceremonies will be conducted at Temple Emanu-El. That evening he will be the featured speaker at a convocation dinner under HUC-JIR auspices at the Plaza Hotel. Wiesenthal will hold a news conference Thursday morning at the HUC-JIR.
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