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upporters of
Bar-Ilan
University
from around
the world - the United
States, Canada, France,
England, Germany and
Israel gathered in London,
England to participate in
the International Board of
Overseers and Leadership
Conference. The confer-
ence was highlighted by
the historic conferral of an
honorary doctorate upon
Margaret, The Lady
Thatcher, Britain's first
woman Prime Minister
and world statesperson.
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The gala dinner was
held in the Banqueting
House in the Great Palace
of Whitehall, former resi-
dence of the Sovereign in
London. The dinner was
chaired by Lord Wolfson
of Marylebone. Lady
Thatcher spoke of her
connection to the Jewish
people and the democ-
ratic values espoused in
the Old Testament and
praised Bar-Ilan University
which requires the study
of Jewish heritage and
tradition.
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A (left to right) Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, Chancellor, Prof. Zvi Arad, Rector, Lady Margaret Thatcher and Prof. Shlomo Eckstein,
President of Bar-Ilan University.
Sigmund
Strochlit of
Connecticut deliv-
ers the keynote
address at the
Anti-Semitism
Symposium on the
50th anniversary of
the Warsaw
Ghetto uprising.
V Belch
Lindenbaum,
President of the
American Friends
of Bar-Ilan with
Bernard Rix,
Chairman of the
British Friends.
A Anne Bernstein, Gitta and Jack Nagel of Los Angeles with
Rabbi Emanuel Rackman.
A Marcel Lindenbaum of New York, served as chair-
man of the Economic Colloquium. He is flanked by
(left) Shlomo Eckstein, President of Bar-Ilan and
(right) Dr. Moshe Mandelbaum, former Governor of
the Bank of Israel.
• Ann Matles and Rena Costa of
New York with Henry Knobil, President
of The British Friends.
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