A Chair of Hebrew Studies has been established at the University of Wisconsin in commemoration of the celebration of the 300 years of Jewish settlement in America. The sum of $75,000, raised by the Tercentenary Committee of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee chapter of the American Jewish Committee, was turned over to the Board of Regents of the state university to finance a professorship for the first five years.
The chair will offer a curriculum of studies of the Hebrew language and literature and related subjects. It is anticipated that during the five years for which funds were raised enough students would be attracted to the courses to make possible continuation of such studies. The funds were raised in a campaign headed by Rabbi Joseph L. Baron of Milwaukee.
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