Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn with Rabbi Walter Isaac, Ph.D. Rabbi Isaac will share some of his research which has focused on the role that Black Jews have played in the development of modern democracy in the US, France, Haiti, and beyond.
Walter R. Isaac, Ph.D. is an African American rabbi. Originally from the Gullah/Geechee lowcountry, he has been a Research Fellow in Africana Studies at Brown University, as well as the former Program Director for Temple University’s Center for Afro-Jewish Studies. His research has recently focused on the development of modern democracy from American Hebrew communities of color. He is a member of many professional organizations and the current President of both the Afro-Jewish Studies Association and the Olaudah Equiano Institute. Currently he is a Lecturer in the department of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee.
