A stirring address by Dr. Abram L. Sachar, president of Brandeis University, on the motivational forces for Jewish cultural creativity in America, highlighted the annual dinner of the Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute last night here. Dr. Sachar stressed the over-arching role Hebrew culture has to play in a program for developing the intellectual leadership of the American Jewish community, and lauded the outstanding contribution Herzliah has been making towards this end in the 42 years of its existence. More than 1,200 teachers have graduated from the school and are serving in posts in this country and Israel.
The dinner honored Dr. Harry Wechsler, vice-president of the Zionist Organization of America, for his many years of devoted service to the cause of Zionism and Hebrew education in America. Carol Pickel, chairman of Herzliah’s executive committee, presided. Contributions and pledges amounting to nearly $50,000 were received.
Participating in the program were Katriel Katz, Consul General of Israel in New York; Dr. Emanuel Neumann, chairman of the American section of the Jewish Agency executive; Abraham Goodman, prominent philanthropist and lifetime protagonist of Hebrew culture in America; and Dr. Marnin Feinstein, presently at the helm of Herzliah.
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