The first woman instructor at Bar-Ilan University at Ramat Gan was named here today. She is Dr. Nehema Leibowitz who becomes assistant professor of Bible and Education at this religiously-oriented institution.
Dr. Leibowitz was last year awarded the Israel Prize for research in education. Her weekly bulletin on Bible study has over 3,000 readers throughout the world, it was announced today.
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