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Monday, April 01, 2024

Sara Japhet (1934-2024)

SAD NEWS: Passing of Prof. Sara Japhet (Shalom Berger, H-Judaic).
H-Judaic mourns the passing of Sara Japhet (1934-2024) , the Yehezkel Kaufmann Professor of Bible, emerita at the Hebrew University, an Israel Prize winner, former director of the National Library of Israel, head of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University and of the World Union of Jewish Studies -- one of Israel's leading Bible and Judaic Studies scholars, and one of the first women ever to hold many of the positions she attained.

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May her memory be for a blessing.

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