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July 18, 2006: Alumnus creates Fund for American Jewish Studies at Princeton
"A history major as an undergraduate -- as were his children, Gail Lapidus Dubosh '84, Janet Lapidus Nova '88 and Roy Lapidus '93 -- Lapidus is president of the American Jewish Historical Society, a member of the advisory council of Princeton's Department of History, and he sits with the Judaic Studies advisory council. He is also a book collector, with a particular interest in books and pamphlets relating to the American Revolution, the slave trade and Judaica. His gifts to Princeton have included rare books pertaining to American Jews in the 18th and 19th centuries and endowment of the Sidney and Ruth Lapidus Professorship in the American Revolutionary Era. "
