Rabbi Ephraim Frisch of Temple Beth-El and his 17-year-old son, David will be fellow students and room-mates this summer at the University of Chicago.
David plans to take several sophomore science courses, while his father, who has already won his doctor of philosophy degree from Columbia University, will take courses in Oriental languages, including cuneiform and hieroglyphics.
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