Dr. Leon Kronitz, immediate past chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress national executive, was presented with an “Award of Recognition and Appreciation” by the Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards for “distinguished service rendered to public education in the Province of Quebec” Dr. Kronitz was one of the original five Jewish members of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, who were appointed to the office by the Minister of Education of Quebec at the recommendation of the CJC.
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