Dr. Ismar Elbogen, well-known German Jewish scholar, declined the invitation of Columbia University, New York, to occupy the chair for Jewish History, Literature and. Institutions, established by Mrs. Nathan J. Miller of New York.
Dr. Elbogen decided to remain with the Hochshule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums, it was stated.
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