1. Since the University of Virginia is the news, I want to tell a pertinent story about James Joseph Sylvester, who once taught there.
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3. Sylvester taught at U. of Virginia very briefly from 1841-1842, a six month term marked by anti-Semitism, violence & anti-intellectualism
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4. As soon as Sylvester was hired, local gentry was up in arms that a Jew would be teaching the gentlemen of Virginia.
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