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Brandeis remembers Richard Siegel, MA & # 39; 72
July 13, 2018
The Brandeis University community remembers the life of Richard Siegel, MA & # 39; 72, died on thursday July 12 in Los Angeles. 19659004] Transforming character in the Jewish world, Siegel was known for his work and advocacy to strengthen professional education, strengthen Jewish culture and promote the formation of contemporary Jewish identity.
He was director emeritus of the Hebrew Institute of the Jewish Institute of Religion School of Jewish Nonprofit Management of Zelikow
In Brandeis, he earned a Masters degree in Contemporary Jewish Studies, now part of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program.
Siegel's Master's Thesis at Brandeis Catalog, "was later developed in the 1973 book" The Jewish Catalog ", published by JPS, which became a bestseller of the Jewish counterculture of the 1960s [19659004] Siegel also wrote "The Jewish Almanac" (Bantam Books, 1981) and "The Writer in the Jewish Community: An Israel-North America Dialogue" (Associated University Press, 1993).
In 2002, Brandeis awarded Siegel the Bernard Reisman Award for Excellence in Jewish Communal Service.
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