Mervin F. Verbit

Mervin F. Ver­bit , a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Penn­syl­va­nia with a doc­tor­ate from Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty, is pro­fes­sor of soci­ol­o­gy at Touro Col­lege and direc­tor of the Israel Stud­ies Insti­tute, which cul­ti­vates a bet­ter under­stand­ing of Israel among Amer­i­can aca­d­e­mics. For­mer­ly, he taught at Brook­lyn Col­lege of The City Uni­ver­si­ty of New York, where he also direct­ed the uni­ver­si­ty’s Pro­gram for Study in Israel and is now pro­fes­sor emeritus.
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