Many Americans associate Yiddish strictly with Eastern Europe. But its horizons are much broader than that, especially amid today’s revival.
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Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Linguistics, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
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Senior Lecturer in Population, Medical and Evolutionary Genomics, Lund University
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Professor of History, Trent University
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Research Fellow, School of the Arts, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Urban Literature, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
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Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and English, MacEwan University
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Associate Professor in Modern European History and Jewish History, UNSW
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