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3 unusual facts about Yehuda Elkana


Yehuda Elkana

For Elkana,'any philosophy of life nurtured solely or mostly by the Holocaust leads to disastrous consequences,' and Thomas Jefferson was correct in his view that democracy and worship of the past were incompatible.

The third rector of the university in nine years, Elkana held the post until being replaced in August 2009 by John Shattuck.

In 1999, Elkana began his tenure as President and Rector of the Central European University, succeeding Josef Jarab.



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