Ruth Wisse: Free as a Jew

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Highlights: Prof. Ruth Wisse discusses her life and work, the subject of her memoir Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation (Wicked Son, 2021). She recalls encounters with Leonard Cohen, Itzik Manger and Isaac Bashevis Singer, and she reads excerpts from her book (in English) touching on early encounters with Avrom Sutzkever and Max Weinreich. Wisse was Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard from 1993 to 2014. Her books include The Schlemiel as Modern Hero and The Modern Jewish Canon , and she co-edited The Penguin