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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
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Sixty-seven years ago today, Franklin Murphy became dean of the KU School of Medicine at only 32 years of age. He was the youngest man in the country to hold such an office. Three years later, he replaced Deane Malott as KU's ninth (and certainly youngest) chancellor.
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Local Jewish community celebrates completion of first Lawrence Torah scroll
This weekend marked a historic moment for the Lawrence and campus Jewish communities as the first Lawrence Torah scroll was finalized. The final words were scribed in the Torah on Sunday morning at a ceremony hosted by the Chabad House of KU. Several hundred people, including Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little, were in attendance.
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She and others spoke at the event about the honor and significance of a Torah scribe being finalized. Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, the leader of Chabad at KU, hosted the event and spoke as well. Once the ceremony concluded, a large group of participants carried the new Torah to the Kansas Union in a parade to celebrate.
BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN Rabbi Berel Sossover helps scribe Lawrence's first Torah while the sons of the Torah's donor, Elliot Tamir, touch the quill to be a part of the experience.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little speaks at the ceremony regarding the first Torah scribe to be completed in Lawrence. Several hundred people attended the event Sunday.
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Rabbi Berel Sossover writes the last words of the first Torah scroll ever to be quilled in Lawrence. The Torah was completed Sunday at a ceremony hosted by Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel and the Chabad House of KU.
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