For 50 years prominent American Jews had talked about the idea, but it was not until after World War II that seven Bostonians finally decided to make it a reality. The seven were all immigrants or the sons of immigrants. All had been successful, and all wanted to find a way to show their gratitude to the nation in which they had prospered. In 1946 they launched their campaign to establish Brandeis University —the first Jewish-founded nonsectarian university in the U.S.
This week, in honor of the 100th anniversary of Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis' birth, scores of notables from the academic and...
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