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Ruth R. Wisse was Professor of Yiddish literature and Comparative Literature at Harvard University from 1993–2014 and before that, helped found the Jewish Studies Department at McGill...
- Free as a Jew | full documentary | Ruth Wisse - YouTube
In 2007, she was awarded the National Medal for the...
- Ruth Wisse - "I lost respect for my colleagues" - YouTube
Order Ruth Wisse's "Free as a Jew" here:...
- Free as a Jew: A New Memoir by Ruth Wisse - YouTube
In her new book, Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of...
- Free as a Jew | full documentary | Ruth Wisse - YouTube
Nov 15, 2022 · In 2007, she was awarded the National Medal for the Humanities, and in 2004, an Honorary Degree by Yeshiva University. Order Ruth Wisse's "Free as a Jew" here:...
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Oct 17, 2022 · Order Ruth Wisse's "Free as a Jew" here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Free-as-a-Jew/Ruth-R-Wisse/9781642939705 Website: https://ruthrwisse.comAbout...
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In her new book, Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation, Harvard professor emerita Ruth R. Wisse reflects on her experience fleeing the Holocaust as a child, living...
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Ruth Wisse is the author of the new book, Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation. Its Canadian debut coincided with Jewish Book Month, hosted by the Jewish Public Library in Montreal. But the timing wasn’t a coincidence.
Ruth Wisse (/ w aɪ s /; Yiddish: רות װײַס; née Roskies; born May 13, 1936) is a Canadian academic and is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University emerita. She is a scholar of Yiddish literature and of Jewish history and culture.
Feb 18, 2022 · On this week’s podcast, in conversation with Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver, she orients listeners to the questions of Jewish literature. Musical selections in this podcast are drawn from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31a, composed by Paul Ben-Haim and performed by the ARC Ensemble. The Tikvah Podcast.
