Bernard Cherrick was a British-Israeli rabbi and academic administrator.
14 Facts About Bernard Cherrick
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Bernard Cherrick served as the vice-president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Bernard Cherrick brought many Hollywood celebrities to fundraisers on campus and was nicknamed "Mr Hebrew University".
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Bernard Cherrick grew up in England, where he was educated in a yeshiva.
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Bernard Cherrick earned a master's degree from the University of Manchester in 1937.
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In 1939, in the midst of World War II, Cherrick served as a rabbi in the British Expeditionary Force of the British Army.
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Bernard Cherrick served as the rabbi of the New Synagogue in Stamford Hill, North London.
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Bernard Cherrick served as a director of the Jewish National Fund and the United Israel Appeal.
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Bernard Cherrick made aliyah to join the public relations department of the Hebrew University of Israel in 1947.
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Bernard Cherrick made many similar fundraising trips in the next few decades.
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Bernard Cherrick was appointed as the vice-president of the university in 1968.
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Bernard Cherrick subsequently invited Hollywood celebrities like Billy Crystal, Gregory Peck, Barbra Streisand, to fundraisers on campus.
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Bernard Cherrick became known as "Mr Hebrew University", until he retired in 1988.
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Bernard Cherrick is the namesake of HJU's Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the State of Israel, directed by Hillel Cohen.