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271st Vice Chancellor of Oxford University attends Chabad Society Shabbat Dinner

Hamilton.jpg271st Vice Chancellor of Oxford University attends Chabad Society Shabbat Dinner

 

The Oxford University Chabad Society recently hosted Professor Andrew Hamilton, the new Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University and former Provost of Yale University.

 

The Vice Chancellor was welcomed by Rabbi Eli Brackman, director of the Oxford University Chabad Society, who said that it was symbolic for the Chabad Society to host the 271st Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, pointing out that Jews have only been allowed to study at Oxford for the last 250 years out of its 900 year old history.

 

The introduction was given by 1st year student President of the Chabad Society, Michael Bodansky (Pembroke College), who compared the … Read More »

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