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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
entrepreneurs actually go about producing transformative change. There are four key stages: understanding the world; envisioning a better future; building a model for change; and scaling the solution. The Debate over Jewish Achievement:... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron
event of her death. Eight months later, Rukia did indeed die, and Barron suddenly found herself the mother of three children - "two instant teenagers and a baby!" she says. Despite the rigors of raising a new family that was also multicultural (with Muslim, Protestant,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
coauthored by Steven L. Ossad (MBA ’76) (Taylor Trade Publishing) With a subtitle World War II’s Greatest Forgotten Commander, this is a biography of the highest-ranking American Jewish officer ever killed in battle. Send information... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Edgar Koerner (MBA 1959)
less a figure than Gerson Cohen, the head of The Jewish Theological Seminary, agreed to be my tutor. For six years we met once a week; that, too, was an extraordinary education. Then, in 1988, I read Rachel and Her Children by Jonathan... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in business and in public education
saving it from bankruptcy and building a profitable business. Numerous nonprofits also have benefitted from his leadership, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the City Parks... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBSAA of Israel Sponsors Middle East Outreach
interested in Israel and the Middle East. Free copies are now available. The association is also expanding its international steering committee to include people living outside Israel who are interested in the region. In addi-tion, on June 27, 1999, the HBSAAI will... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
Rosenbaum: Women students feel a judgmental difference. When I started at HBS in 2006, I was a 24-year-old Jewish Latina who was also enrolled at Harvard Law School. In my brief professional experience, I had already been a successful... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
GFC-funded urban soccer tournament. “It was a powerful, memorable experience,” says Rawdon, who offers three tips for creating unforgettable travel moments of your own. How to make memorable travel moments Find personal connections. “On a trip to Shanghai we visited... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
president of the Jewish Communal Fund and currently heads the New York City Parks Foundation. The father of four, Tisch strives to strike some balance in his very full life. As it is, however, he normally sleeps only four-and-a-half hours... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
When the Egyptian government forced out all Jewish inhabitants after the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Cohens left with only one suitcase apiece. His mother’s British citizenship made it possible for them to immigrate to London, where they had... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
venues. The development, an adaptive reuse of a school building and former Jewish synagogue, received statewide recognition for incorporating the highest standards for green buildings, an energy microgrid, and an urban farm. “If there’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
An American Story
trait. Although he didn’t arrive in the United States until age 10, Ted Levitt didn’t look back, rarely discussing what must have been a difficult childhood for a Jewish boy during Hitler’s ascendancy. After serving in World War II, where... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
younger brother grew up speaking French and a smattering of Arabic. Cohen’s father, whose family traces its roots to the Syrian trading center of Aleppo, started a successful import/ export business at age 30. After the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, the Egyptian... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
last fall the Krafts launched a "Kick Cancer" awareness campaign. They endowed a chaired professorship in Jewish studies at Boston College and a chaired professorship in Christian studies at Brandeis. All told, the Krafts have donated... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
sense of being “an outsider in the world of privilege.” He chose banking “because it’s a profession where you are judged by what you produce rather than where you come from.” Born in Australia to middle-class Jewish parents, Wolfensohn, a... View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
the point.” The plan he built that day was a pyramid. On one side there was what he was good at: business. On the other side there was what he loved: music—specifically, opera. Since third grade, Weinstein had been in glee clubs and choruses. He had sung in a Catholic... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
bicycle with his two sons (ages 16 and 12) and his 7-year-old daughter. He also serves on the board of San Francisco's Jewish Museum. "I view Judaism as being the source code for Western civilization," Ranadivé remarks. Hindu by birth, he... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
to the game." Sender was born and raised in Bom Retiro, a Jewish immigrant community in central São Paulo, the second of four children. Her grandparents, Polish and Russian Jews, fled Europe at the outset of World War II. Sender's... View Details