Yehuda Ben-Meir, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree by Yeshiva University Thursday at the University’s 52nd commencement. Ben-Meir’s certificate read “Yeshiva University affirms its pride in your manifold achievements and reaffirms its bonds to an Israel inspired by the dreams and destiny of the Jewish tradition. ” Ben-Meir is also a rabbi, psychologist and alumnus of Yeshiva University.
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