Gennady Estraikh

Gennady Estraikh is a Clinical Associate Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Rauch Associate Professor of Yiddish Studies at New York University, as well as a staff writer for The Yiddish Daily Forward (Forverts). From 1988-1991, Gennady was Managing Editor of the Moscow-based Yiddish literary monthly Sovetish Heymland. From 1995-2002, he worked at the Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies and London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies. Gennady holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and has written and edited over a dozen publications on Yiddish language and culture.