Arabic Grows at Ivy League In Burst of Post-9/11 Interest
Forward, January, 2003 by Gross, Max
Gross, Max Forward 01-24-2003 When Rachel Smith began taking Arabic at Princeton University two years ago, she had no choice about which class to take: Only one was offered. Today there are three sections. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, many more students at Ivy League colleges have begun studying Arabic.
Like Smith, many of these students are Jewish. Smith plans to go to graduate school in Near Eastern studies and afterward use her Arabic working at organizations promoting peace, or in the Foreign Service. Others see the language as a handy credential for intelligence work or business or plan to pursue advanced Middle Eastern studies. There has never been a shortage of Jews who have studied the language, culture and history of Israel's...
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