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Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, President of
Touro College, To Be Honored For Unique Contribution to Jewish Life
February 4, 1998, New York, NY: Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, the President of Touro College,
will be honored at the Orthodox Union's (OU) Rabbinic Centennial Medallion Awards Dinner
on Wednesday, February 24, 1998, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd Street and Lexington
Avenue in New York.
In celebration
of its Centennial, the OU will honor Rabbi Lander as well as six other outstanding
rabbis and their congregations who have made unique contributions to Orthodox Jewish life
in America. Rabbi Lander will also be the evening's keynote speaker.
"Dr. Lander is a visionary who has created an educational institution that has
enabled young men and women to acquire professions and careers without compromising their
Torah standards," said Mandell I. Ganchrow, M.D., President of the OU.
Dr. Lander founded Touro College, an international institution with nearly 10,000
students, graduate divisions in Law, Health Sciences, Education and Psychology, Medicine
and Business, and branches in New York, California, Moscow, China and Israel.
A distinguished educator and sociologist, Dr. Lander
served as a consultant and member of commissions to Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John
F. Kennedy and
Lyndon B. Johnson.
"As we celebrate our 100th year, we cannot overemphasize the importance of rabbis,
synagogues and communal institutions working in tandem to insure a thriving
Orthodoxy," said Rabbi Raphael B. Butler, Executive Vice President of the OU.
"The Orthodox Union acknowledges the synagogue as the focus of Jewish communal life.
Each community is built around a vibrant synagogue led by a dynamic rabbi. It is that
leadership that we are proud to honor," continued Rabbi Butler.
The honorees include: Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander (Touro College); Rabbi Steven Dworken
(Congregation Anshe Chesed, NJ); Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (Congregation Kneseth Israel, NY); Rabbi
Barry Freundel (Kesher Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C.); Rabbi Steven Pruzansky
(Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, NJ); Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth (Fifth Avenue Synagogue, NY); Rabbi
Dr. Moshe Tendler (Community Synagogue of Monsey, NY) and Rabbi Dr. Chaim Wakslak (Young
Israel of Long Beach, NY).
For dinner reservations, please contact Steven Karp at
(212) 613-8134.
The Orthodox Union, celebrating 100 years of
service to the Jewish community of the United States and other countries, is a foremost
leader in youth work, advocacy for the disabled, synagogue services, adult education and
political action. Its kosher supervision label, the
OU, is the world's most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 200,000 products
in 59 countries around the globe.
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