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Into the New Century

Into the New Century T H E J E W I S H Q U A R T E R LY R E V I E W , Vol. 100, No. 4 (Fall 2010) 527­528 A S W E N O T ED in the introduction to the last issue, Cyrus Adler and Solomon Schechter imagined themselves in 1910 at the dawn of a new age, one in which America ``is fast becoming the center of Jewry, and in all likelihood will become also the center of Jewish learning in the English world.'' As guardians of that precious moment, the first two editors of JQR in America held out a special mission for academic research: It would be anomalous if, in the face of the great present growth, the past with its glory and its sacrifices, its ideals and its achievements, its lessons and its inspirations, were not offered the opportunity of that articulate utterance which can be given to it only through the mouth of science and scholarship. A hundred years later, the field of Jewish studies has expanded to every major university and many small colleges in North America. Dozens of new Ph.D.s are granted in the field each year. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Jewish Quarterly Review University of Pennsylvania Press

Into the New Century

Jewish Quarterly Review , Volume 100 (4) – Dec 10, 2010
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T H E J E W I S H Q U A R T E R LY R E V I E W , Vol. 100, No. 4 (Fall 2010) 527­528 A S W E N O T ED in the introduction to the last issue, Cyrus Adler and Solomon Schechter imagined themselves in 1910 at the dawn of a new age, one in which America ``is fast becoming the center of Jewry, and in all likelihood will become also the center of Jewish learning in the English world.'' As guardians of that precious moment, the first two editors of JQR in America held out a special mission for academic research: It would be anomalous if, in the face of the great present growth, the past with its glory and its sacrifices, its ideals and its achievements, its lessons and its inspirations, were not offered the opportunity of that articulate utterance which can be given to it only through the mouth of science and scholarship. A hundred years later, the field of Jewish studies has expanded to every major university and many small colleges in North America. Dozens of new Ph.D.s are granted in the field each year.

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Published: Dec 10, 2010

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