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...Frankfurter Professor of Law showed off his debating chops by defending the notorious anti-Semite before an anything-but-impartial jury in a mock trial staged at Harvard Hillel. In a partially scripted exchange peppered with Old Testament allusions and political wisecracks, Dershowitz stood his ground against prosecuting attorney Austryn Professor of Jewish Studies Jay Harris, who accused Pharaoh of committing crimes against humanity. Dershowitz retorted that Pharoah could not be convicted because he lacked free will, citing the famous Biblical line that “God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.” The quip drew laughter...
...Harris, Harvard College Professor, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies...
...HARRIS, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies
...Harry Austryn Wolfson '11, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy emeritus, died Thursday at Stillman Infirmary...
...former curator of the Hebraica and Judaica collection in the College Library was born in the village of Austryn in a Polish province of Russia, and emigrated to the United States...