Alyssa Masor

Alyssa Masor received her PhD in Yiddish studies from Columbia University. Her dissertation was entitled “The Evolution of Literary Neo-Hasidism.” She has taught Yiddish language and literature at Columbia, YIVO, Yeshiva University, and Yiddish Farm. She has published poetry and prose in Yiddish in Forverts Penshaft and Afn Shvel, as well as scholarly articles on Yiddish literature. She gives tours of Hasidic Boro Park and lectures on contemporary Hasidic culture.