Pinkhos Churgin Explained

Pinkhos Churgin
Birth Date:1894
Birth Place:Pohost, Belorussia
Death Date:1957
Nationality:Israeli
Other Names:פנחס חורגין
Known For:First President of Bar-Ilan University

Pinkhos Churgin (Hebrew: ; 1894–1957) was an Israeli scholar who was the first President of Bar-Ilan University.

Biography

Churgin was born in Pohost, Belorussia, a shtetl near Pinsk.[1] [2] In 1907 he and his parents immigrated to Palestine, and settled in Jerusalem.[1] In 1910 he went to study at the Volozhin Yeshiva.[1] Churgin returned to Palestine in 1912.[1] In 1915 he went to the United States and taught Hebrew.[1] He studied as an undergraduate at Clark College, and then at Yale University, earning a Ph.D. in the field of Semitics, as a student of the famous researcher Charles C. Torrey. His dissertation, "Targum Jonathan to the Prophets", was published by Yale in 1927 and has since become a classic. It was twice reprinted in the 1980s.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

He was instrumental in the development of Yeshiva University in New York City.[1] In 1920 he began teaching at their Teachers' Institute.[1] [8] He was appointed dean of the Institute in 1924.[1] [4] [9] [10] In 1949 Churgin was named president of the Mizrachi Organization of America.[1] He moved to Israel in 1955 to serve as the first President of Bar-Ilan University.[1] [4] [11] [12] He was succeeded as president in 1957 by Joseph H. Lookstein.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Churgin, Pinkhos. Encyclopedia.com.
  2. Web site: Pinchas Churgin. www.eilatgordinlevitan.com.
  3. Book: Studies in Targum Jonathan to the Prophets. 0870681095. Leivy. Smolar. Pinkhos. Churgin. Moses. Aberbach. 1983. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Remains of Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Flown to Israel; Died in New York. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. December 2, 1957.
  5. Book: Supreme Court of the State of New York. 1946. Google Books.
  6. Book: Eighth General Catalogue of the Yale Divinity School: Centennial Issue, 1822-1922. Yale University Divinity School. 1922. The University. Google Books.
  7. Book: Dissertation Abstracts: The humanities and social sciences, Volume 29, Issue 7. 1969. University Microfilms. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Dr. Pinkhos Churgin; DEBRA KAPLAN, JEWISH HISTORY SCHOLAR, APPOINTED TO DR. PINKHOS CHURGIN MEMORIAL CHAIR IN JEWISH HISTORY AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY. YUNews. November 28, 2007.
  9. Book: The men and women of Yeshiva. 1988. 9780231066181. Google Books. Gurock. Jeffrey S.. Columbia University Press .
  10. Book: Dissertation Abstracts: The humanities and social sciences. 1969. University Microfilms. Google Books.
  11. Book: 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know about Israel. 0742543587. Mitchell Geoffrey. Bard. Moshe. Schwartz. 2005. Rowman & Littlefield. Google Books.
  12. News: PINKHOS CHURGIN, EDUCATOR, WAS 63; Founder of Israel's Bar-Ilan University Dies--Had Been Teachers' Dean at Yeshiva. November 29, 1957. The New York Times.
  13. Web site: Bar-Ilan Presidents | Bar Ilan University . .biu.ac.il . 2020-02-18.

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