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Morris Jastrow

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Morris Jastrow, Jr. (1861-1921) was born in Warsaw and raised in Philadelphia. An orientalist, he was professor of Semitic languages and a librarian at the University of Pennsylvania. He edited the Jewish Encyclopedia and contributed to the Encyclopaedia Biblica. His writings include Zionism and the Future of Palestine and A Gentle Cynic.