This was the last episode of the unfortunately overlooked series, Channing. Channing was one of the two ( serious) TV shows set on a college campus, the other one being the somewhat longer lived The Paper Chase. Channing was made by some of the same people responsible for Ben Casey, and the few descriptions I have read sound ( a bit) like "Ben Casey on Campus". Young Turk Professor Howe ( the under-rated and little known Jason Evers) tries to help his students and his colleagues, guided by the outwardly crusty but wise Dean Baker(The great Henry Jones.) In this episode, James Caan plays an All-American Football player who becomes fascinated by Judaism, in part due to his girlfriend, played by Yvonne( Batgirl) Craig. It all begins when Professor Howe tells his students a story about Mark Twain and Sholem Aleichem. Caan's character goes so far as to think of abandoning his football career to take up Judaic Studies.
Apparently, Channing was an intelligent show that often dealt with unusual or pathbreaking subjects. One of the episodes even dealt with the early stages of the Vietnam War.