In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the reunification of the city of Jerusalem, the Honorable Nir Barkat, mayor of Jerusalem, will be the convocation speaker and receive an honorary degree at Yeshiva University’s 92nd Chanukah Convocation and Dinner on December 11 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. President Richard M. Joel will also confer honorary degrees upon Joseph Appleman, Gitta Nagel and Joshua L. Muss.

Attorney Joseph Appleman graduated from Yeshiva University High School for Boys in 1943 and Yeshiva College in 1947. He received his LLB from New York Law School in 1960. As a proud alumnus, he served as president of the Yeshiva College Alumni Association, and he is currently an honorary member of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Board of Overseers.

For more information about the Chanukah Dinner and Convocation, please visit www.yu.edu/hanukkah or contact Robyn Hartman at 212-960-5468 or [email protected].