Wednesday, March 24, 2010

SHORT PUBLICATIONS LIST













"WHY DON'T THEY KNOW ?  "The National Jewish Post & Opinion, Vol. 75, No. 2, July 15, 2009, www.jewishpostopinion.com 


"What Is A Jew ?" Was this published ? Where ?  (contains pencil underlining/highlighting)


"He Tipped His Cap", Commentary (on Ted Williams, Pitcher, Boston Red Sox) in The Rutland Daily Herald, Rutland, VT, July 18, 2002.


"The 'Jewish' Arch of Titus" by Robert Sandler, The Jewish Floridian, December 18, 1987.


"Constitution Honored", Commentary, Billings Gazette, January 17, 1996. Response to: "In Montana town, Christians Create a Menorah Miracle", The Herald, December 17, 1995

"The Teachings of the Prophets", The Jewish Spectator, p. 38-40, Spring 1977

"THE LAND OF ISRAEL: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE",  PART 1, Rutland Herald, July 25, 2001   (in the Commentary
column)  by Robert Sandler, Projessor of English, Emeritus at the University of Miami

"THE LAND OF ISRAEL: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE", PART 2, Rutland Herald, July  26, 2001 by Robert Sandler, Professor of English, Emeritus, at the University of Miami

"THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM" by Robert Sandler, Professor of English Emeritus of the University of Miami, Miami, FL, Midstream: A Monthly Jewish Review,  November 1999, p.15 -17

" WHY ARE THERE TWO VERSIONS OF CREATION IN GENESIS ? "by Robert Sandler, Midstream: A Monthly Jewish Review, February/March 1999, p. 13-16


"U.S. CONSTITUTION: A CIVIC, NOT A RELIGIOUS DOCUMENT"Liberty Magazine, March/April 1997

"Why Don't They Make Kids Like They Used To ?" Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Published Quarterly in the interest of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Winter 1974

GOOGLE SEARCH: SEE BELOW REFERENCE 
Robert Sandler, a Professor Emeritus of the University of Miami, has written an opinion piece in the July 15th edition of The National Jewish Post & Opinion. The article — entitled “Why don’t they know?” — deals with the Palestinian land deal. Download it here.
http://www.tbam.org/default.asp?main=main8&sub=sub79&CalendarID=0&cate=0&Alias=
ADULT ED COURSES AT JCC:

"WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR JEWISH HERITAGE ?"
Course Proposal,  OUTLINE OF JEWISH HISTORY (to 1800) and Suggested Reading List for "What Exactly is our Jewish Heritage ?





























































Monday, March 22, 2010

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY


Professor Robert Sandler is a native of Boston, Massachusetts. He is a veteran of World War II. After six years of college in Ohio University and Case Western Reserve University, he was appointed, in 1953 to the faculty of Northeastern University in Boston where he taught English and Literature for three years. In 1956, he joined the English Department at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida where he remained until he retired as Professor of English Emeritus in 1990.

Professor Sandler's principal academic interests have been American life and Literature, World Literature, and Jewish history and literature.

In the early 1970's, Professor Sandler created several Jewish Literature courses, including, among others, a two-semester Survey of Jewish Literature, the Bible as Literature, and Literature of the Holocaust. He served as the acting coordinator of the Jewishly-related courses at the University, which later became the Judaic Studies Program.

In Professor Sandler's years in South Florida, he has taught Adult Education courses in Jewish history, literature and history as well as courses in the Tanach and Talmud at various synagogues. He has also lectured and written on themes of American life and literature as well as on Judaic themes.

Professor Sandler's writings have been published in the "Ohioan Magazine," "The Phi Kappa Phi Journal", (now "The National Forum"), "Midstream Magazine," "The Jewish Spectator," "The Miami News," "The Jewish Post & Opinion," "CCAR Journal,' "Sh'Ma" "The Miami Herald" (Op-Ed and "Sunday Magazine"), "The Jewish Floridian," "Veritas Magazine," (U.M.), "The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, among other periodicals.

Professor Sandler has written a book in connection with a Sabbatical Leave after a month in China in 1981, "A Report on the Reading and Study of American Literature" at the college level in the Peoples Republic of China, August, 1981.

On May 7, 2010, Professor Sandler will receive the Talmud Torah Award from Temple Beth Am where he has been a member for over 30 years. The award is given to honor congregants who contribute to the Temple by engaging thoughtfully in its Adult Education programs.