Marvin Herzog

Marvin Herzog
Born	September 13, 1927 (1927-09-13) (age 84) Toronto, Canada
Nationality	Canada
Fields	Yiddish
Institutions	Columbia University
Alma mater	Columbia University
Doctoral advisor	Uriel Weinreich

Marvin (Mikhl) I. Herzog (born September 13, 1927; Toronto, Canada) is a Yiddish language Professor at Columbia University.

He is the Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Yiddish Atlas Project at Columbia University, which publishes, in conjunction with YIVO, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry (LCAAJ).

He received his Ph.d. from Columbia under Uriel Weinreich.

Books

• Herzog, Marvin I., The Yiddish Language in Northern Poland. Its Geography and History, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, and The Hague, Mouton & Co., 1965.
• Herzog, Marvin, et al. ed., YIVO, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry, 3 vols., Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1992–2000, ISBN 3-484-73013-7.

See also

• Yiddish dialects

External links

• EYDES (LCAAJ's website)
• Yiddish Atlas Project @ Columbia
• LCAAJ Collection of Spoken Yiddish @ Columbia
• Columbia's Yiddish Department

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Name	Herzog Marvin I.
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Date of birth	September 13, 1927
Place of birth	Toronto, Canada
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