This is the Forward’s coverage of Brandeis University, a secular university sponsored by the Jewish community in Waltham, Massachusetts, outside Boston.
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Fast Forward Brandeis President Plans Diversity Push and Education for ‘Needs of Tomorrow’
(JTA) – Brandeis University announced Thursday that its next president will be Ronald Liebowitz, the former president of Middlebury College. Though he won’t start until next July, Liebowitz shared some of his ideas about the challenges he faces: Uriel Heilman: How do you anticipate the challenges of leading Brandeis will differ from those you faced…
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Fast Forward Ronald Liebowitz Named New President of Brandeis
Brandeis University announced that its next president will be Ronald D. Liebowitz, the former president of Middlebury College in Vermont. Liebowitz will take over on July 1, 2016, from interim president Lisa Lynch, the first non-Jew to lead the Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian university and Brandeis’ stopgap choice following the resignation of previous president, Frederick Lawrence. “I…
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Fast Forward Brandeis Students Claim Victory and End Racism Protests
Hundreds of students at Brandeis University ended their 12-day occupation of the administration building, claiming victory in a protest over issues of race on campus that garnered widespread support from students, faculty, and alumni, as well as media coverage from around the country. “We Believe We Have Just Won!’ the student group Ford Hall 2015…
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Fast Forward David Ellenson Tapped To Run Brandeis Israel Center
Rabbi David Ellenson, the former president of the Reform movement’s seminary, has been tapped to lead Brandeis University’s Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Ellenson, a scholar of Judaic studies, will start at the Boston-area university on July 1. He succeeds Ilan Troen, who served as director of the center since it was founded in 2007….
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News Amid Asian Influx, Brandeis Sticks With Jewish Identity
(JTA) — When Jeff Wang was applying to U.S. colleges more than two years ago from his home near Shanghai, Brandeis University was a top choice. Like many Chinese students now at Brandeis, he had discovered the university on Chinese Internet forums that touted the school’s academic rankings and its high faculty-to-student ratio. Wang noted…
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Fast Forward Retiring Brandeis President Will Make $1M Salary for 2 More Years
Brandeis University’s retiring president, Frederick Lawrence, will continue to be paid for nearly two years after he steps down on July 1. Lawrence, who will have served for five years at Brandeis’ helm, will receive paid sabbatical through fiscal year 2015, continued housing and full salary for nine months following his sabbatical, the university board…
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Culture Of Brandeis, Mr. Spock and 10 Other Facts About Jewish Massachusetts
1) Massachusetts has a Jewish population of roughly 278,000, accounting for 4.2% of the state population (which is twice the national average), and 4.1% of the total Jewish population in the United States. 2) Solomon Franco, a merchant who arrived from Holland in 1649, is Boston’s first recorded Jewish resident. However, he was not allowed…
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News Was Brandeis President Frederick Lawrence Doomed by Fundraising Woes?
(JTA) — For all the controversies Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence endured over the past few months, the failures that ultimately doomed his tenure were more fundamental, insiders say: His fundraising just wasn’t good enough and his administrative track record was wanting. Last Friday, Lawrence announced that this would be his last semester at the…
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