Professor Ruth Wisse

Professor Ruth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, and has taught at McGill, Stanford, New York, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities.

A pre-eminent authority on modern Jewish literature, a widely published scholar, editor, essayist and columnist, Professor Wisse is most recently the author of "The Modern Jewish Canon".

Read about Ruth Wisse:

The Stories Jews Tell - A Weekly Podcast with Ruth Wisse

Biography on the Harvard University website

"Mame-loshn at Harvard"

Anti-Semitism Goes to School

Read about "The Modern Jewish Canon"

Booklist:

If I Am Not For Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews

The Schlemiel As Modern Hero

A Little Love in Big Manhattan

I.L. Peretz And The Makings Of Modern Jewish Culture

Books translated by Ruth Wisse:

Chaim Grade's My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner:
This work, available in both English and Yiddish, is a significant example of Grade's storytelling and Wisse's translation.

Other Translations:
While My Quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner is a prominent translation, Wisse's scholarly work often involves analyzing and discussing translated works of other authors.

Author of The Modern Jewish Canon, No Joke, If I Am Not for Myself, and Jews and Power:
These are her own works exploring Jewish literature, humor, and political thought.

"If I Am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews" and "Jews and Power":
These books are cited as important works of Jewish scholarship and political analysis.

Edited works include:

The Penguin Book Of Modern Yiddish Verse (With Irving Howe)

The Best Of Sholem Aleichem

The I.L. Peretz Reader

A Shtetl and Other Yiddish Novellas

Prof Ruth Wisse was in Australia to deliver the
The Richard Pratt Oration - Inaugural Lecture
at The University of Melbourne
The Centre for Jewish History and Culture

The Richard Pratt Oration was an annual event held by the University of Melbourne's Centre for Jewish History and Culture, named in memory of the late businessman Richard Pratt. The oration featured a prominent speaker addressing a topic related to Jewish history, culture, or their intersection with other fields.