Rabbi Maurice B. Pokarsky, well-known American Jewish educator, has been granted a year’s leave of absence from his post as director of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, it was announced today. The Foundation in Jerusalem will be the 200th Hillel unit.
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