hebrew november april notable israeli historian scholar kingdom jerusalem work attempted portray society forerunner later european expansion important figure israeli higher education founders major reformer israeli education system life born november prosperous jewish merchant family small city polish grew speaking polish german learned hebrew french latin school joining group learned immigrated palestine learned english student mathematics invitation study university legal ways jews enter time mother died outbreak world war family died holocaust found unhappy mathematics father suggested study history instead enjoyed history high school professor historian set course studying colonies close ties likely interest history settlements began teaching career fighting siege jerusalem soon rose faculty ranks deputy dean professor chair medieval history dean served university years process succeeded making university global center crusade studies trained future israeli historians specialty described outstanding teacher lecturer combined thorough preparation charismatic style invited lecture abroad roles addition work involved creation israeli institutions higher learning especially dean academic chairman years key contributor israeli government policy request chaired responsible setting new norms israeli secondary education fought graded fees wider free compulsory education gave high priority social integration rights students time advisor education minister helped draft principles teaching jewish awareness incorporated primary secondary school chaired committee experts bearing recommended radical reform entire israeli education system suggestions included making enrollment universal children shortening elementary school grades admitting pupils tests integrated junior high schools grades raising age free compulsory education later raised eighteen establishing year year comprehensive schools provided choice tracks diploma certificate integrating students different skills social classes establishing new curriculum division culture plan approved government allocated substantial resources program began implemented summer professor initiated university preparatory programs originally intended provide additional year study students discharge defense forces later expanded include foreign educated students immigrants served chief editor onwards volume published tenure advised helped shape tower david museum history jerusalem asked advise government cultural agreements countries honors later life served chairman elected corresponding fellow received received honorary doctorate honored visiting fellow souls college oxford awarded prize order presented containing papers historians special conference jerusalem colleagues hosted honored distinguished citizen jerusalem interview year death said message jerusalem today universal city belonging cultures conquering time died jerusalem april research historians including freed studies old conception society pure spontaneously emerged conquest view originated feudal thirteenth century held modern historians early work particularly papers fifties colleagues society began seen dynamic nobility gradually putting checks monarchy combined efforts historians led surge new research society research extended wide variety aspects states topics addressed land development projects urban settlement agriculture italian quarters port cities types landed property legal issues des best known works latin won prix des inscriptions volume work presents states working immigrant society shows importance immigration labor shortages book european middle ages intended larger audience controversial portrays society immigrants living complete political social segregation local muslim christian population terms phenomenon settlers refusal reconstruction european type society foreign soil persistence indigenous institutions interference mark settlement thesis economy society institutions latin states best understood light colonial status book institutions collected number earlier publications expanded revisions new chapters book continues treatment european colonial product focuses attention areas employing tools criticism commentary sources especially prominent coverage status administrative role received attention years published book topic interest history jews latin kingdom jerusalem examined tightly isolated jewish communities levant jewish philosophical feuds engaged dreams restoring israel comparison analogy frequently drawn middle ages modern day movement view espoused arab media political leaders discussed israeli asked comment analogy claimed major difference jews settled land worked conquered land worked natives lecturer identifies objective work draw distinction writing manpower shortage settling land claims presence principally urban consisting nobility merchants lost end implications obvious bring immigrants settle land bound succeed shown settlement widespread previously thought found evidence hundreds farms notes alive today doubt deny political beliefs model segregation developed considers heir albeit illegitimate movement goes writes recognized extent similarity individual social experience studying comparison denying validity chose study experience historical model completely analyzed order benefit experience avoid mistakes author exactly readiness draw analogy considers post thought professor history rejects analogy writes subject test views post freely making analogy viewpoint rejecting selected publications paris centre national latin kingdom jerusalem european middle ages london world london institutions oxford history jews latin kingdom jerusalem oxford
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