| The most difficult day
in the life of Professor Shkolnik. |
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| I'm leaving. |
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| You coming? |
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| Professor Uriel Shkolnik, |
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| Head, Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies
at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. |
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| Max Kuper, professor for Jewish Thought, |
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| full professor in the Talmud Department, |
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| an internationally renowned scholar
of Talmudic and the Sages literature. |
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| Among his prestigious awards, |
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| the Bialik Award, the Jerusalem Prize
for Rabbinic literature, |
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| the Kaplan Prize and the Urbach Prize. |
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| To the Israel Museum, please. |
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| Professor Shkolnik is a member
of the American Academy |
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| for Jewish research in New York. |
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| His research is compiled in nine books
and dozens of papers, dealing in subjects |
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| on marital laws in the Talmudic era, |
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| law and ethics in the world of the Sages, |
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| and memory and identity
in the Babylonian Diaspora. |
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| Professor Shkolnik's scientific contributions
attest to daring thought and depth, |
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| and to a new perspective on
Jewish culture and intellectual history. |
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| For all these accomplishments,
the nominating committee has decided, |
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