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[11] [12] [13] He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. [14] [15] [16] In 1988, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in social studies from Harvard College. His thesis was titled "Scaling the Ivy Wall: The Jewish and Asian American Experience in Harvard Admissions". [17]
Judah Monis. Judah Monis (February 4, 1683 – April 25, 1764) was North America 's first college instructor of the Hebrew language, teaching at Harvard College from 1722 to 1760, and authored the first Hebrew textbook published in North America. Monis was also the first Jew to receive a college degree in the American colonies. [1]
Boundary increase. July 28, 1988. Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The term "Harvard Square" is also used to delineate the business district and Harvard University surrounding that intersection ...
November 11, 2023 at 1:34 PM. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images. More than 1,600 alumni of Harvard University say that they will withhold donations to the school until Harvard takes urgent action to ...
Erica Licht, an alumna and employee at Harvard, writes that the battle against antisemitism at the university should’t come at the expense of antiracism efforts.
Derek Jonathan Penslar, FRSC (born 1958) is an American-Canadian comparative historian with interests in the relationship between modern Israel and diaspora Jewish societies, global nationalist movements, European colonialism, and post-colonial states. He was raised in Los Angeles, attended Stanford University for his undergraduate degree.
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Zarchi was dispatched as a shaliach for the Chabad Hasidic Jewish movement to Boston in the 1990s. Initially, he was based in Harvard Square, encouraging Jewish men to put on tefillin. In 1997, he married Elkie, and later that year they established a Chabad house at Harvard University. Rabbi Zarchi became a recognized campus chaplain in 2003.