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1⃣ The latest #SephardiWorldWeekly is dedicated in honor of Professor Ephraim Isaac (@eisaac5), an Ethiopian-Yemenite Jewish scholar, Ethiopian Elder & “Father of Peace,” Founder of the Institute for Semitic Studies, 1st Professor/Co-Founder of @Harvard’s Department of African &

2⃣ African American Studies as well as namesake of @HarvardAAAS' Award for Excellence in African Studies, recipient of the #JewishAfricaConference’s “Moses, The African: Jewish Leadership Award,”

3⃣ & Distinguished Member of the American Sephardi Federation’s Board of Directors, whose contributions to knowledge, understanding, peace, literacy, & love have touched millions of people.

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4⃣ @HarvardDivinity, in recognition of Prof @eisaac5's “almost absurd number of achievements” over a sixty-year career, recently named him a 2020 Peter J. Gomes, STB ’68 Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree. Watch the award ceremony here:
@Conf_of_Pres #ASF

5⃣ Mazal tov again, Prof. Isaac! hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/04/1…
@OfficialMimouna @Daroff @J_Insider @jacobkornbluh @josefindolsten @JTAnews @Ethiopia_UN @PMEthiopia @mfaethiopia @AmbDaniDayan @robinbirk @bechollashon @CornelWest @thecrimson @TheBlackCaucus @TanenbaumCenter @wef

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