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Took up Kabbalah, a form of Jewish mysticism...
...strongest Summers-lovers were probably fully behind the Prez when he said a few years back that certain vitriolic anti-Israel comments could be “anti-Semitic in effect if not intent.” Summers is Jewish (and so am I, for the record). When his own group was involved, he showed sensitivity and subtlety—even if his critics missed it. Rationally or not, many Jews’ identities are tied strongly to Israel’s. So the virulence of some anti-Israel sentiment can hit us where it hurts, even if, like...
When I came to Harvard, along with many of my fellow awkward, nebbishy companions, it was to escape the world of jocks and cheerleaders, of the divisions of cool and uncool. I went to a Jewish high school in Montreal, so we didn’t have any real jocks (we called them Rabbis in Nikes), and we certainly had no cheerleaders (We’ve got Torah yes we do, we’ve got Torah, how about you!), but we did have in-crowds and losers, and social ostracism could be extremely harsh...
...Harris, Harvard College Professor, Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies...
...Bernard M. Septimus, Jacob E. Safra Professor of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization...