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Jacob Romm

Jacob Romm is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature and Early Modern Studies at Yale University, working on a dissertation which traces conceptual parallels between religious conversion and gender transition. His translations from French and Yiddish have appeared in ANMLY, Asymptote, Circumference, Inventory, JoLT, Peripheries, and elsewhere, and he makes letterpress and risograph prints under the imprint Letter and Spirit Press.

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Speaking Through Shylock’s Lips: The Merchant of Venice on The Yiddish Stage

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