Word: hebrew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Petuchowski, who is currently a professor of Judeo-Christian studies at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, will fill the chair in 1984-85. "They wanted me earlier, but that's the earliest I can get away from here," Petuchowski said...
Eugene Borowitz, who will fill the chair next year, is a professor at the Hebrew Union College in New York...
...inexplicable. Why would a devout Jewish husband tempt his beautiful new bride into adultery with a loutish footman? What could prompt a spirited girl to masquerade as a yeshiva boy and then marry a village's most eligible heiress? In The Cabalist of East Broadway, a morose old Hebrew scholar suddenly abandons New York City for a young wife and fame in Israel. Just as suddenly, he returns alone to his old haunts. He tries to tell the narrator why: "Man does not live according to reason...
...Like so many underground institutions, the Semitic Museum was able to flourish during this time," said Frank M. Cross, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and director of the museum...
...civilian administration, the change was intended to make it easier for Israel to help the West Bank Arabs deal with such local issues as health, sanitation and roads. "I want to see peace between Palestinians and Israelis," says Milson, a professor of Arabic literature on leave from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. "I feel we are making progress...