A testimonial dinner in honor of Nathan Lamport, president of the Yeshiva of America, who will celebrate his seventieth birthday on December 19th, will be given on that date at the Hotel Astor. More than a thousand guests are expected to attend.
The dinner will also commemorate Mr. Lamport’s twenty-fifth anniversary as President of the Yeshiva.
The dinner has been planned by the trustees of the Yeshiva College, as a fitting expression of appreciation for the unceasing devotion and faithful service rendered by Mr. Lamport on behalf of Judaism and Jewish education.
Besides serving as President of the Yeshiva for twenty-five years, Mr. Lamport is credited with being instrumental in starting the movement for the new Yeshiva of America.
It was Mr. Lamport who heralded the building campaign for the new Yeshiva two years ago by announcing that his initial contribution to the project would be $100,000.
It is announced by Dr. B. Revel, President of the Faculty of the Yeshiva, that David Elimelich Ellis of Philadelphia has presented to the Yeshiva the library of the late Dr. Philip Klein of New York, which, in memory of the wife of Mr. Ellis, to be known as the Adele Ellis Memorial Library. The Klein Collection is one of the best known rabbinical collections in the country. It is especially rich in the field of Halacha, with many rare volumes in Responsa, Codes and other divisions. The collection will be housed in a separate room of the Yeshiva library.
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