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In 1935, Joseph Herscher and Lucy Strauss fled their native Germany for what was then Palestine. Most of their family members were not allowed to leave and perished at the hands of the Nazis. Over the course of the next nineteen years, the Herschers created a new home for themselves in Israel. It was there that they were married and gave birth to two sons, Uri and Eli. Eli was born just a few months before the establishment of the State and the outbreak of the War of Independence. The personal history of his family has always been, and remains, an integral part of his identity as a Jew, as well as an important source of inspiration in his life's work.
In 1954, the Herscher family moved to the United States, settling in San Jose, California. Upon graduating high school, Eli attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned his undergraduate degree in English. In 1970, he entered the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion to begin his rabbinic education...
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