Jere­my Dauber is the Atran Pro­fes­sor of Yid­dish Lan­guage, Lit­er­a­ture and Cul­ture at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty. He is the author of sev­er­al books on Jew­ish lit­er­a­ture, includ­ing a biog­ra­phy of Sholem Ale­ichem that was a final­ist for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award. He lives in New York City.