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== Background ==

== Background ==

Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Chomsky, an a [[Russian]] immigrant. His father taught [[Hebrew]], and published a scholarly edition of a medieval Hebrew grammar.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/chomsky_noam.html</ref>.  He received his education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy, and eventually earned his [[Ph. D.]] in 1955.  Since then, he has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He holds the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics.  

Chomsky was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of William Chomsky, a [[Russian]] immigrant, and Elsie Simonofsky Chomsky. His father taught [[Hebrew]], and published a scholarly edition of a medieval Hebrew grammar.<ref>http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/abcde/chomsky_noam.html</ref>.  He received his education at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] where he studied linguistics, mathematics, and philosophy, and eventually earned his [[Ph. D.]] in 1955.  Since then, he has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He holds the Ferrari P. Ward Chair of Modern Language and Linguistics.  

== Anti-Semitism ==

== Anti-Semitism ==