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'The Wisdom of Morrie': Last words from a beloved Brandeis professor

Beloved Brandeis sociology professor Morrie Schwartz died in 1995 after being diagnosed with ALS. But he has been immortalized in the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie.

By LIANE GRUNBERG WAKABAYASHI
18/08/2023
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Brandeis U. president apologizes for ad calling school 'anything but Orthodox'

The two-page spread, which appeared in The New York Times Magazine last week, drew the ire of Orthodox Jews and others on social media, who called it offensive. 

By BEN SALES/JTA
04/07/2023
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