Anita Norich: Translating Yiddish in the 20th Century
Professor Anita Norich discusses modern translations of Yiddish in this 2006 lecture series, “Speaking in Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the 20th Century.”
Professor Anita Norich discusses modern translations of Yiddish in this 2006 lecture series, “Speaking in Tongues: Translating Yiddish in the 20th Century.”
Professor Aron Rodrigue of Stanford University discusses Sephardic Jewry in modern times in this 2005 Stroum Lectures series, "Sephardi Jewries and the Holocaust."
Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr of Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses "Post-Traditional Jewish Identities" in the 2001 Stroum Lectures series.
Professor Lawrence H. Schiffman of New York University discusses "The Religion of the Dead Sea Scrolls" in the 2012 Stroum Lectures series.
Novelist and literary scholar Dara Horn explores the role Hebrew can play in a living contemporary American Jewish culture in this 2016 Stroum Lecture.
Professor Ilan Stavans discusses the opposing sides of Hebrew as a divine language and a human language in this 2016 Stroum Lecture.
Professor Ruth Behar moves between the personal essay and poetry, history and ethnography, exile and disaspora in this 2015 lecture series.