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Hana Wirth-Nesher is Samuel L. and Perry Haber Chair on the Study of the Jewish Experience in the United States at Tel Aviv University, where she is also professor of English and American studies, and director of the Goldreich Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture. She is the author of City Codes: Reading the Modern Urban Novel and most recently Call It English: the Languages of Jewish American Literature (Princeton). She has also published articles on American, Jewish, and Yiddish literature.
