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Died December 8, 2009, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Education Columbia University (1966), Yeshiva University (1953) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books Zakhor: Jewish History a, Freud's Moses: Judaism, Haggadah and History: A, Zajor, From Spanish court to It | ||
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (May 20, 1932 – December 8, 2009) was the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture and Society at Columbia University, a position he held from 1980 to 2008. He was replaced by Elisheva Carlebach Yoffen.
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Yerushalmi was born in the Bronx, New York City on May 20, 1932, to Yiddish-speaking Russian parents who had immigrated to the United States. His father was a Hebrew teacher.
In 1953, Yerushalmi received his bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University. Later, in 1957 he was ordained as a rabbi. He received a doctorate from Columbia University in 1966. Salo Baron was his dissertation director. From the time of receiving his doctorate until his appointment to the Columbia faculty, Yerushalmi taught at Harvard University, where he was Jacob E. Safra Professor of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization and chairman of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
Professor Yerushalmi died of emphysema on December 8, 2009.