Prof. Alexander Scheiber, director of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Budapest, Hungary, and Boris Smolar, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, received honorary doctorates in Hebrew Letters at the annual commencement exercises today at the Hebrew College.
Dr. Scheiber, a noted scholar in Rabbinics and in the history of Hungarian Jewry, is head of the only state-supported institution in Eastern Europe for the training of rabbis and Jewish scholars. Smolar has served the Jewish community for more than 50 years an foreign correspondent, columnist and Editor-in-Chief of the JTA. His weekly column, “Between You and Me,” which is syndicated by the JTA, is published throughout the world. Smolar’s recent book, “Soviet Jewry. Today and Tomorrow,” published by Macmillan Co., has received wide acclaim.
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