Ruth Wisse

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Ruth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. She has previously taught at McGill, Stanford, New York, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities. She received one of the 2007 National Humanities Medals ^[1],

The award cited her for "“scholarship and teaching that have illuminated Jewish literary traditions. Her insightful writings have enriched our understanding of Yiddish literature and Jewish culture in the modern world" ^[2]. She is a frequent contributor to Commentary, and dedicated her last book, Jews and Power, to the editor of Commentary, Neal Kozodoy.

Contents 1 Controversy 2 Books 2.1 Books edited by Wisse 2.2 Translated by Wisse 3 References

[edit] Controversy

At the start of the first unarmed Intifada, Wisse described Palestinians as "people who breed and bleed and advertise their misery." [1] [2]

[edit] Books

• The Shlemiel as a Modern Hero
• If I Am Not For Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews

[edit] Books edited by Wisse

• Shtetl, a and Other Yiddish Novellas
• The Penguin Book Of Modern Yiddish Verse (With Irving Howe)
• The Best Of Sholem Aleichem
• The I.L. Peretz Reader

[edit] Translated by Wisse

• The I.L. Peretz Reader, by Isaac Loeb Peretz
• The Well, by Chaim Grade, Original title: Der brunem

[edit] References