Marvin Schick

Marvin Schick (July 3, 1934 – April 23, 2020) was an American political scientist and constitutional law professor at Hunter College and the New School for Social Research. He was also known for his work in Jewish education.[1]

Career

Schick was a professor at Hunter College and New School for Social Research, where he taught political-science and constitutional law.[1] He was president of the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, for over 30 years,[2] and was an educational consultant for the Avi Chai Foundation[3][4] and has been described as an expert on Jewish Day Schools.[5]

Schick founded National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) in 1965, and served as its first president.[6] He served in the second mayoral administration of NYC Mayor John V. Lindsay (1969–1973) (about which he wrote in 2000 "the first time ... and probably the last time" [7]) as liaison to the Jewish community [8] and a Mayoral Spokesman [9] and administrative assistant.[10]

His writings have appeared in The Jewish Press and The Jewish Week.

Personal

He was born the day before his twin brother Allen (by 15 minutes) on July 3, 1934, and died on April 23, 2020.[11]

His father died before his 4th birthday. His mother, Rebbetzin Renee Schick, founded the Schick's Bakery in Boro Park in 1941,[12] to help support her family.

See also

Further reading

  • Schick, Marvin (1970). Learned Hand's Court. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-1214-9.
  • Schick, Marvin; Somit, Albert (1963). "The Failure to Teach Political Activity". American Behavioral Scientist. 6 (5): 5–8. doi:10.1177/000276426300600503.

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Marvin Schick May 30, 2007", ATID website.
  2. ^ Goldman, Ari L. (January 5, 1992). "Yeshivas Defy The Odds". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  3. ^ http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a16031/News/New_York.html[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "The Jewish Week - 'Wake-Up Call' for Conservative Education". Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  5. ^ "Jewish Day School Model May Now be Thing of Past". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  6. ^ Schick, Marvin (September 15, 2005). "Forty Years Ago".
  7. ^ "Marvin Schick". mschick.blogspot.com.
  8. ^ The Ungovernable City, by Vincent J. Cannato, p. 391, ISBN 0-465-00844-5, 2001, Basic Books
  9. ^ The Village Voice, Oct. 14, 1971, https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1299&dat=19711014&id=j1QQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IIwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4071,867807
  10. ^ "Mayor Lindsay Appoints Marvin Schick As Assistant to Mayor on Intergroup Relations". JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency. February 11, 1970.
  11. ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". matzav.com. Retrieved 2023-10-01.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ Hamlin, Suzanne (March 20, 1996). "Passover Bakery Opens for a Sweet and Hectic Season". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2010.