About the
Academic Consortium
A Word from the
Chair: Professor Robert Alter, UC Berkeley
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| Robert Alter, chair of the Academic Consortium, with former chairs Arnold Eisen and Ze'ev Brinner z"l (left to right) |
The Academic Consortium brings faculty and graduate
students in the field of Jewish Studies together
with their peers at other Bay Area institutions,
providing intellectual exchange and a sense of
community beyond what is available on any individual
campus. Initiated in 1988 and administered by
the
Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco,
the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties and
funded by the
Swig Family Fund for Jewish Community Involvement,
the Academic Consortium also brings Northern California
academics into a closer relationship with the
organized Jewish community, thereby bridging these
two communities that have so much to offer each
other...more
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