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September 14, 2021

Six Decades after Opening Its Doors to Jews, Oxford Opened Them to Jewish Studies

A process a century in the making.

In 1871, an act of parliament allowed people of all religions—including Jews and Catholics—into the hallowed halls of Oxford and Cambridge. Martin Goodman explains how this development eventually paved the way for the creation of the former university’s Jewish studies department:

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