Anna Shternshis is an Al and Malka Green Professor of

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

studies and the director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for

Jewish Studies Jewish studies (or Judaic studies; he, מדעי היהדות, madey ha-yahadut, sciences of Judaism) is an academic discipline centered on the study of Jews and Judaism. Jewish studies is interdisciplinary and combines aspects of history (esp ...

at the University of Toronto.Anna Shternshis
a University of Toronto profile Her research interests include

Jewish culture Jewish culture is the culture of the Jewish people, from its formation in ancient times until the current age. Judaism itself is not a faith-based religion, but an orthoprax and ethnoreligion, pertaining to deed, practice, and identity. Jewi ...

in the Soviet Union; Jewish-Slavic cultural relations; Yiddish mass culture, theatre, and music.Anna Shternshis
a Centre for Jewish Studies profile She received her M.A. degree from

Russian State University for the Humanities The Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH, RGGU; russian: Росси́йский госуда́рственный гуманита́рный университе́т, РГГУ, translit=Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universit ...

and Ph.D. degree in Modern Languages and Literatures from Oxford University in 2001. Shternshis is the author of two books, as well as over 20 articles and book chapters. She is the co-editor-in-chief of ''East European Jewish Affairs''. Shternshis together with composer/performer and slavist Psoy Korolenko created and directed ''

Yiddish Glory ''Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II '' is a 61st Annual Grammy Awards nominated album by Six Degrees Records which consists of Yiddish songs written during World War II and the Holocaust.the Holocaust in the Soviet Union. It was nominated and shortlisted for the 61st Annual Grammy Award in the world music category.Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs Of World War II
a YouTube presentation by Six Degrees Records

Books

*''Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939'', Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2006 *''When Sonia Met Boris: An Oral History of Jewish Life under Stalin'', New York, Oxford University Press, 2017

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