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American Judaic scholar ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Arnold M. Eisen (born 1951) is an American Judaic scholar who was Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York . He stepped down at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University . Prior to joining the Stanford faculty in 1986, he taught at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
(born 1951) is Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary . Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University . Prior to joining the Stanford faculty in 1986, he taught at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University .
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(born 1951) is an American Judaic scholar who is Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University . Prior to joining the Stanford faculty in 1986, he taught at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University .
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(born 1951) is an American Judaic scholar who is Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. In 2019 he announced that he would step down at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University .
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Arnold M.Eisen (born 1951) is an American Judaic scholar who was Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He stepped down at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University . Prior to joining the Stanford faculty in 1986, he taught at Tel Aviv University and Columbia University .
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chancellor of the jewish theological seminary
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american judaic scholar who was chancellor of the jewish theological seminary in new york
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