Ruth Wisse
Ruth Wisse · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Foremost scholar of Yiddish literature; first professor of Yiddish literature at Harvard
1936, Czernowitz, Romania (now Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
Romania · Canada · United States
Ruth Wisse is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Foremost scholar of Yiddish literature; first professor of Yiddish literature at Harvard
Ruth Wisse is a foremost scholar of Yiddish literature who became the first professor of Yiddish literature at Harvard University, shaping the field through her studies of Jewish humor, poetry and the modern Jewish literary canon. Her family fled Europe for Montreal in 1940. She is Jewish.
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Foremost scholar of Yiddish literature; first professor of Yiddish literature at Harvard
Source: Wikipedia; Moment Magazine — 50 Jewish Innovators
