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08/20/2004:

"Ethopian Jew directs Institute of Semitic Studies in Princeton"

As an Ethiopian Jew, Professor Isaac, director of the Institute of Semitic Studies in Princeton, bridges the divide between Africa and the West, Africa and the Middle East, blacks and whites and between Christians, Muslims and Jews.

It's quite a lot for one man, but his résumé lists enough accomplishments for several lifetimes.

Professor Isaac speaks 17 languages, was the first faculty member appointed to Harvard University's Department of African American Studies, translated Handel's "Messiah" into Amharic — the main language of Ethiopia — and helped set up a literacy program that taught 1.5 million Ethiopians to read since the mid 1960s.

Full Article : zwire.com