Elazar, Daniel Judah.
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Director of Study of Jewish Community Organization.
From the description of Correspondence to Chaim Potok, 1970-1982. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 697524770
Daniel Judah Elazar was born August 25, 1934 in Minneapolis, the first of two sons born to Albert and Nettie Elazar. While studying for his baccalaureate degree at Wayne State University (1951-1954), Elazar worked as a librarian for the United Hebrew Schools in Detroit where his father once served as superintendent. He earned his master and doctorate degrees in political science from the University of Chicago (1957, 1959) and then served as an assistant professor to the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois-Urbana (1959-1963). Elazar came back to Minneapolis as a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota (1963-1964) before accepting a professorship at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While at Temple University, Elazar was also director of the Center for the Study of Federalism, president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, and editor of the Jerusalem Letter, a newsletter published by the Center for Jewish Community Studies. Elazar died December 1999.
From the guide to the Daniel J. Elazar papers., 1955-1999., (Minnesota Historical Society)
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