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...Scyllaberg & Charybditsky. Proud as they are of their university, U.S. Jews are still unsure of what Brandeis is fundamentally supposed to be in the religious sense. When first broached, the idea of a secular Jewish school caused headshaking among Jewry's three basic factions. "For the Orthodox, we weren't Jewish enough," recalls Dean Berger. "For the Reformed, we were too Jewish. Just to get the support of the Conservatives, we had to steer a course between Scyllaberg and Charybditsky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blossoming Brandeis | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

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