Harvard and Jewish Studies

In announcing the program that led to the establishment of the Harvard University Center for Jewish Studies, President Derek Bok said:

"The joining of one of the major strains of our culture in the Western world with an institution that for three centuries has been a symbol of intellectual excellence and humanitarian concern is a cause for great pride."

Great pride, indeed. For the fact is that with the establishment of its Center, Harvard was not only building on its record of innovation and commitment in the field of Jewish Studies, it was also addressing and redressing a scholarly-cultural anomaly.

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