And they saw the God of Israel: Under His feet there was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity. —Exodus 24:10
A quarterly journal of ideas for a thriving Jewish future
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
STEPHEN JOEL TRACHTENBERG is president emeritus and University Professor of Public Service at the George Washington University. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the third president of the University of Hartford and has been awarded more than 20 honorary doctorates over the course of his career.