Litvaks in Love, a conversation with Prof. David G. Roskies
Join us on Zoom | Thursday, February 20, 2025 @ 7:00 p.m. ET
In David Roskies’s memoir, Yiddishlands, a son acts as his mother’s medium as they conjure up Vilna, the Jerusalem of Lithuania. Armed with his mother’s stories and Yiddish songs, David sets out to discover traces of Vilna throughout the diaspora, from New York to Krakow, Moscow to Jerusalem.
Dr. David Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair emeritus in Yiddish Literature and Culture and a professor emeritus of Jewish literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary. A prolific author, editor, and scholar, he has published eleven books and received numerous awards. A native of Montreal, Canada, and a product of its Yiddish secular schools, Dr. Roskies was educated at Brandeis University, where he received his doctorate in 1975. Dr. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair emeritus in Yiddish Literature and Culture and a professor emeritus of Jewish literature at The Jewish Theological Seminary. A prolific author, editor, and scholar, he has published eleven books and received numerous awards. A native of Montreal, Canada, and a product of its Yiddish secular schools, Dr. Roskies was educated at Brandeis University, where he received his doctorate in 1975.