A new building of the Emet World Academy, research center for Talmudic scholarship, was dedicated in the Bayit Vegan section of Jerusalem today in memory of the late Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog. Present at the ceremonies was Sir Isaac Wolfson, prominent British philanthropist, who contributed 500, 000 pounds ($166, 000) needed for the completion of the structure. An initial 500, 000 pounds had been raised by Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein of New York, chancelor of the academy, through the Harry Fischel Foundation which he heads.
The new academy building will house the facilities of the Talmudic Encyclopedia and other Israeli Talmud projects in which some 100 rabbinic scholars are already engaged, as well as a school for prospective judges of rabbinic courts. It will also contain a lecture hall and a 20, 000-volume rabbinic library.
Sir Isaac has also donated 1, 000, 000 Israeli pounds ($333, 333) toward a special “Stipend Fund” to help finance high school education for gifted children from needy Israeli families, it was announced here today.
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