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AMERICA'S FIRST HEBREW TEACHER
Judah Monis, North America's first instructor of
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Hebrew, taught students at Harvard College from
1722 to 1760. Monis' Hebrew course was based
on his own handwritten Hebrew
grammar manual that he submitted
to the Harvard Corporation in 1720.
IN THE METRO—DETROIT
JEWISH COMMUNITY
His career, in turn, teaches today's
students about the challenges of
maintaining a Jewish life in early America.
HOLOCAUST AUTHOR, EDUCATOR,
LECTURER AND SURVIVOR
More than any other person, Elie Wiesel is responsible for the
widespread knowledge of the Holocaust among both Jews and
non-Jews. His book, Night, a re-creation.of Wiesel's own
Holocaust experiences, is the first account many people have
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read concerning the Nazi death camps. In addition to making
the Holocaust widely known, Wiesel played a significant role
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In 1986, Wiesel was awarded the Nobel prize for peace.
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FIRST
JEWISH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
Louis Brandeis, passionate Zionist and namesake of the
Brandeis-Bardin Institute and Brandeis University, was
the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme
Court. The Brandeis-Bardin Institute is one
of many Jewish institutions named after
Judge Brandeis, the most famous being the
aforementioned Massachusetts-based
Brandeis University, a nondenominational
university run under Jewish auspices.
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Detroit Jewish News