Jehuda Reinharz
Early years: Born in Haifa, Israel, in 1944. Attended high school in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1961.
Education: Earned concurrent bachelor's degrees from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Earned master's degree in medieval Jewish history from Harvard University in 1968 and a doctorate in modern Jewish history from Brandeis in 1972.
Academic career: First professor of Jewish history at the University of Michigan, 1972-1982. Became professor of modern Jewish history at Brandeis in 1982. Named director of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry at Brandeis in 1984, and founded the Jacob and Libby Goodman Institute for the Study of Zionism and Israel. Served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs from 1991-1994.
Personal: Married to Shulamit Reinharz, professor of sociology. They have two daughters.
In his own words: "Every job that one does has great periods, and some periods that are more difficult. We happen to be in a difficult position now and people are more tense. They become more angry, and they turn on each other. It doesn't make me bitter. I take it for what it is."
SOURCE: Brandeis University 