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Han­nah S. Pressman

Dr. Han­nah S. Press­man is the co-edi­tor, with Lara Rabi­novitch and Shiri Goren, of Choos­ing Yid­dish: New Fron­tiers of Lan­guage and Cul­ture. She is the edi­tor of stroum​jew​ish​stud​ies​.org and affil­i­ate fac­ul­ty for the Uni­ver­si­ty of Washington’s Stroum Jew­ish Stud­ies Program.

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Dream­ing in Moth­er Tongues

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Han­nah S. Press­man wrote about the idea behind Choos­ing Yid­dish: New Fron­tiers of Lan­guage and Cul­ture and when she first began to…
Han­nah S. Pressman
February 8, 2013
Essay

Yid­dish and Us

Ear­li­er this week, Dr. Han­nah S. Press­man wrote about when she first began to study Yid­dish. She will be blog­ging here all week for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and…
Han­nah S. Pressman
February 6, 2013
Essay

Yid­dish and Me

Dr. Han­nah S. Press­man is the co-edi­tor, with Lara Rabi­novitch and Shiri Goren, of Choos­ing Yid­dish: New Fron­tiers of Lan­guage and Cul­ture. She is the edi­tor of…
Han­nah S. Pressman
February 4, 2013
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Choos­ing Yid­dish: New Fron­tiers of Lan­guage and Culture
Lara Rabinovitch, Goren Shiri, Hannah S. Pressman, eds.

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