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David G. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair in Yiddish Literature
Yiddish literature

Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of the Yiddish language, with its roots in central Europe and its centuries of locus in Eastern Europe, is evident in the literature produced in this language....
 and Culture and Professor of Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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He is the author of numerous books, including Against the Apocalypse (1984) and A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling (1998). A native of Montreal
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, Roskies now resides in New York City
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In 2006, he was named the United States Holocaust Museum Scholar in Residence.








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David G. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair in Yiddish Literature
Yiddish literature

Yiddish literature encompasses all belles lettres written in Yiddish, the language of Ashkenazic Jewry which is related to Middle High German. The history of the Yiddish language, with its roots in central Europe and its centuries of locus in Eastern Europe, is evident in the literature produced in this language....
 and Culture and Professor of Jewish
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
 Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism....
.

He is the author of numerous books, including Against the Apocalypse (1984) and A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling (1998). A native of Montreal
Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
, Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Roskies now resides in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
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In 2006, he was named the United States Holocaust Museum Scholar in Residence.

Bibliography

  • Night Words: A Midrash on the Holocaust — 1971
  • The Shtetl Book — 1975 (with Diane K. Roskies)
  • Against the Apocalypse: Responses to Catastrophe in Modern Jewish Culture — 1984
  • The Literature of Destruction — 1989
  • A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling — 1998
  • Yiddishlands — 2008

Links

  • 's official biography on the JTS website