Baltimore Hebrew University was founded as Baltimore Hebrew College and Teachers Training School in 1919 to promote

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scholarship and academic excellence. It was the only institution of higher learning in

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devoted solely to all aspects of

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and Hebraic studies. Located in the northwest,

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neighborhood of

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, BHU conferred degrees up to the

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level. Though small in size, with classes having between 8 and 25 students, it had strong ties to the community and to several other local colleges and universities. Baltimore Hebrew University merged with

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, officially becoming th
Baltimore Hebrew Institute
in 2009. The entire BHU library is now housed at TU's Albert S. Cook Library, includin
special collections
of rare books, Yizkor books, a collection of items related to Jewish cultural reconstruction, and testimonies from survivors of the

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. The BHU building on Park Heights Avenue was demolished in October 2009.

Notable faculty and alumni

* Robert Freedman * Jon S. Cardin *

Joseph M. Baumgarten Joseph M. Baumgarten (Vienna, September 7, 1928 – December 4, 2008) was an Austrian-born Semitic scholar known for his knowledge in the field of Jewish legal texts from biblical law to Mishnaic law and including the legal texts among the Dead Sea ...

Barry Freundel Bernard "Barry" Freundel (born December 16, 1951) was the rabbi of Kesher Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. from 1989 until 2014. Freundel was regarded as "a brilliant scholar," a "profound" orator and an authority in several areas of '' ...

http://www.kesher.org/community/freundel_bio.shtml * Steven Fine * Eli Velder

References

External links

Official site of Baltimore Hebrew Institute

Hirsch, Rona S. "Baltimore Hebrew University," ''Chicago Tribune'', August 29, 2002.

"Towards the 21st Century - A Recommended Strategic Plan for the Baltimore Hebrew University"
Bainbridge, Jay. Baker, Sally. Meier, James. Meislin, Laura. Ukeles, Jacob B. Ukeles Associates, Inc., Baltimore Hebrew Institute. 1993 Jewish education in Maryland Jewish universities and colleges in the United States Jews and Judaism in Baltimore Universities and colleges in Baltimore Educational institutions established in 1919 Park Heights, Baltimore 1919 establishments in Maryland Defunct private universities and colleges in Maryland 2009 disestablishments in Maryland Educational institutions disestablished in 2009 {{Maryland-university-stub

Notable faculty and alumni

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