Word: sachar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...easy one, for Judaism is not a proselytizing religion; according to the frequently quoted words of 4th century Rabbi Helbo: "Proselytes are as hard for Israel as leprosy." Reform Rabbi Nussbaum set Actress Taylor reading the Bible and A History of the Jews, by Abram Leon Sachar, president of Brandeis University. He also assigned her other books, e.g., What Is a Jew?, by Morris Kertzer, and Basic Judaism, by Milton Steinberg. And they discussed the ancient traditions and modern problems of the people of Israel...
President Abram L. Sachar said that he is still willing to talk to students, according to Miss Saft...
Also elected were John H. Johntz, Jr. of Kirkland House and Mission, Kan.; Isaac Kramnick of Winthrop House and Millis, Mass.; David F. Ogden of Dudley House and Cambridge; Charles L. Perrin of Leverett House and Pittsburgh; David B. Sachar of Leverett House and Newtonville; Peter H. Stone of Lowell House and Brooklyn, and Jacob H. Tulchin of Lowell House and New York City...
...death in January. Columnist Max Lerner and Critic Louis Kronenberger commute from Manhattan to give courses. E. E. Cummings, Archibald MacLeish and W. H. Auden have lectured on modern poetry, and such theater celebrities as Marc Con nelly and Arthur Miller have taught contemporary drama. "A school," says Sachar, "is not a curricular philosophy. It is the people you bring...
Today Brandeis has coeducational undergraduate schools in the humanities, social and natural sciences and the creative arts. In its graduate school 132 students are working for advanced degrees in everything from microbiology to Judaic studies. "We will add professional schools.'' says Sachar, "when we can be sure of making them measure up to the highest standards." But however much Brandeis grows, Sachar wants its students to be a true cross section of the U.S. population. "Diversification," says he, "is necessary if we are to fulfill the purpose for which the school was founded-to be a university where...