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David G. Roskies (Pt. 2 of 2)
Interview with Prof. David G. Roskies. This is part 2 of 2. Part 1 aired last week.
About Dr. Roskies: David G. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind
Chair in Yiddish Literature and Culture and a professor of Jewish
literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary. Since 2013, he has also
served as the Naomi Prawer Kadar Visiting Professor of Yiddish Studies
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Roskies was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.
Roskies has published nine books, including, notably, Yiddishlands
(2008), a personal and family memoir described as a "whirlwind tour of
modern Yiddish culture", which is discussed in detail in his interview
with the Yiddish Voice. Roskies received his undergraduate and
graduate education at Brandeis University, where he received his
doctorate in 1975. He was an early member of the highly influential
Havurat Shalom in Somerville, MA, and co-founded Yugntruf (Youth for
Yiddish; yugntruf.org), an organization of Yiddish-speaking young
adults.
Also: music: Vaserl (Yugntruf); Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Freydele
Oisher); Besarabye (Miryem-Khaye Seigel; Dem Milners Trern
(Yiddish Princess)
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Interview with Prof. David G. Roskies. This is part 2 of 2. Part 1 aired last week.
About Dr. Roskies: David G. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind
Chair in Yiddish Literature and Culture and a professor of Jewish
literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary. Since 2013, he has also
served as the Naomi Prawer Kadar Visiting Professor of Yiddish Studies
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Roskies was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012.
Roskies has published nine books, including, notably, Yiddishlands
(2008), a personal and family memoir described as a "whirlwind tour of
modern Yiddish culture", which is discussed in detail in his interview
with the Yiddish Voice. Roskies received his undergraduate and
graduate education at Brandeis University, where he received his
doctorate in 1975. He was an early member of the highly influential
Havurat Shalom in Somerville, MA, and co-founded Yugntruf (Youth for
Yiddish; yugntruf.org), an organization of Yiddish-speaking young
adults.
Also: music: Vaserl (Yugntruf); Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Freydele
Oisher); Besarabye (Miryem-Khaye Seigel; Dem Milners Trern
(Yiddish Princess)
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