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Pinkhos Churgin (Hebrew: פנחס חורגין‎;‎ 1894–1957) was an Israeli scholar who was the first President of Bar-Ilan University.

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Churgin was born in Pohost, Belorussia, a shtetl near Pinsk.cite-ref-auto-1-0[1]cite-ref-auto1-2-0[2] In 1907 he and his parents immigrated to Palestine, and settled in Jerusalem.cite-ref-auto-1-1[1] In 1910 he went to study at the Volozhin Yeshiva.cite-ref-auto-1-2[1] Churgin returned to Palestine in 1912.cite-ref-auto-1-3[1] In 1915 he went to the United States and taught Hebrew.cite-ref-auto-1-4[1] He studied as an undergraduate at Clark College, and then at Yale University, earning a Ph.D. in the field of Semitics, as a student of the famous researcher Charles C. Torrey. His dissertation, "Targum Jonathan to the Prophets", was published by Yale in 1927 and has since become a classic. It was twice reprinted in the 1980s.cite-ref-auto1-2-1[2]cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-auto2-4-0[4]cite-ref-5[5]cite-ref-6[6]cite-ref-7[7]

He was instrumental in the development of Yeshiva University in New York City.cite-ref-auto-1-5[1] In 1920 he began teaching at their Teachers' Institute.cite-ref-auto-1-6[1]cite-ref-8[8] He was appointed dean of the Institute in 1924.cite-ref-auto-1-7[1]cite-ref-auto2-4-1[4]cite-ref-9[9]cite-ref-10[10] In 1949 Churgin was named president of the Mizrachi Organization of America.cite-ref-auto-1-8[1] He moved to Israel in 1955 to serve as the first President of Bar-Ilan University.cite-ref-auto-1-9[1]cite-ref-auto2-4-2[4]cite-ref-11[11]cite-ref-12[12] He was succeeded as president in 1957 by Joseph H. Lookstein.cite-ref-13[13]

cite-note-auto-11. ↑ "Churgin, Pinkhos". Encyclopedia.com.

cite-note-auto1-22. ↑ "Pinchas Churgin". www.eilatgordinlevitan.com.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefsmolarchurginaberbach1983Smolar, Leivy; Churgin, Pinkhos; Aberbach, Moses (1983). Studies in Targum Jonathan to the Prophets. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 0870681095 – via Google Books.

cite-note-auto2-44. ↑ "Remains of Dr. Pinkhos Churgin Flown to Israel; Died in New York". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. December 2, 1957.

cite-note-55. ↑ Supreme Court of the State of New York. 1946 – via Google Books.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefyale-university-divinity-school1922Yale University Divinity School (1922). Eighth General Catalogue of the Yale Divinity School: Centennial Issue, 1822-1922. The University – via Google Books.

cite-note-77. ↑ Dissertation Abstracts: The humanities and social sciences, Volume 29, Issue 7. University Microfilms. 1969 – via Google Books.

cite-note-88. ↑ "Dr. Pinkhos Churgin; DEBRA KAPLAN, JEWISH HISTORY SCHOLAR, APPOINTED TO DR. PINKHOS CHURGIN MEMORIAL CHAIR IN JEWISH HISTORY AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY". YUNews. November 28, 2007.

cite-note-99. ↑ citerefgurock1988Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1988). The men and women of Yeshiva. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231066181 – via Google Books.

cite-note-1010. ↑ Dissertation Abstracts: The humanities and social sciences. University Microfilms. 1969 – via Google Books.

cite-note-1111. ↑ citerefbardschwartz2005Bard, Mitchell Geoffrey; Schwartz, Moshe (2005). 1001 Facts Everyone Should Know about Israel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0742543587 – via Google Books.

cite-note-1212. ↑ "PINKHOS CHURGIN, EDUCATOR, WAS 63; Founder of Israel's Bar-Ilan University Dies--Had Been Teachers' Dean at Yeshiva". The New York Times. November 29, 1957.

cite-note-1313. ↑ "Bar-Ilan Presidents | Bar Ilan University". .biu.ac.il. Retrieved 2020-02-18.