- Ruth Wisse
Ruth R. Wisse is the
Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature atHarvard University . She has previously taught at McGill, Stanford, New York, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities. She received one of the 2007National Humanities Medal s [ "6 Academics Receive National Honors in Arts and Humanities" Chronicle of Higher Education Nov. 16, 2007 [http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/11/733n.htm?at summary] ] , The award cited her for "“scholarship and teaching that have illuminated Jewish literary traditions. Her insightful writings have enriched our understanding ofYiddish literature and Jewish culture in the modern world" [ [http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20071115.html NEH News Archive] ] . She is a frequent contributor to "Commentary ", and dedicated her last book, "Jews and Power", to the editor of "Commentary ",Neal Kozodoy .Controversy
At the start of the first unarmed
Intifada , Wisse described Palestinians as "people who breed and bleed and advertise their misery." [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb1367/is_198805/ai_n5609884] [http://books.google.com/books?id=aHphMCIkhK0C&pg=PA559&lpg=PA559&dq=%22people+who+breed+and+bleed+and+advertise+their+misery%22&source=web&ots=7fVFidfOOl&sig=vxeYh8WJBMAj7SENJ_EcuN7mK_4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result]Books
* The Shlemiel as a Modern Hero
* If I Am Not For Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the JewsBooks 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 ReaderTranslated by Wisse
* The I.L. Peretz Reader, by Isaac Loeb Peretz
* The Well, by Chaim Grade, Original title: Der brunemReferences
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