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Notable Oxford Jews of the Modern Period |
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Cecil Roth has been described as one of the greatest Jewish historians of the 20th Century. As well as being an esteemed historian and educator he was also an expert on Jewish art and Hebrew book publishing. In 1938 he was appointed as Reader in Post-Biblical Jewish Studies at Merton College Oxford, a position that he held until 1964.
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Isaiah Berlin 1909 - 1997 |
Sir Isaiah Berlin was a Russian-British philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century, and as the dominant liberal scholar of his generation.
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Born Aaron Mayevsky, London 13.2.1917; died Oxford 25.2.1998.
Ron May was a quiet modest person who was never in the limelight. Yet he was much loved for his kindness, wit and dedication to the Oxford Jewish Congregation. He effortlessly straddled two cultural traditions. According to Jewish folklore, the world is saved in every generation by the existence of 36 righteous and self-effacing individuals, known only by the collective title of lamed-vavnicks. For inclusion in any such elite and venerable society Ron would surely have been a strong candidate.
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David Patterson 1922 - 2005 |
David Patterson, who died on 10th December 2005, played a key role in the remarkable emergence of Jewish Studies as an autonomous and vibrant academic discipline in Britain in the late 20th century. His ‘services to Jewish Studies’ were publicly recognized by the award of a CBE in 2003.
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