Ottawa Jewish Community Establishes Chair of Jurisprudence at Hebrew University

The Ottawa Jewish Community Council today contributed $5,000 toward the establishment of a chair in jurisprudence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the name of Justice I.C. Rand of the Supreme Court of Canada who, as a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine, played an important role in the founding of Israel.

Professor Adolf Reifenberg, chief speaker at the affair, emphasized the part the Hebrew University could play in sparking the development of Israel and neighboring Arab states. Justice Rand thanked the gathering of 1,500 for the honor paid him and expressed his confidence that the university would become a “beacon of enlightenment and regeneration for the whole of the Middle East.”