David H. Stern - Personal Life and Academic Work

Personal Life and Academic Work

Stern's background includes surfing, plus a Master of Divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, graduate work at the University of Judaism (now the American Jewish University), and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. He taught the first course in 'Judaism and Christianity' at Fuller Theological Seminary and at UCLA he was a professor.

Stern lives in Jerusalem and is active in Israel's Messianic Jewish community.

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