Joshua Wilk

A recent graduate from the Rutgers' School of Graduate Studies, Joshua Wilk is a devoted student of both history and Jewish studies. His research focuses on the Jews of Eastern Europe in the interwar period, specifically those who spoke Yiddish in their day-to-day lives. He looks at the politics, ideologies, social customs, and cultural creations from these people in an effort to illuminate their lives before a time of great tragedy. Joshua is also a lifelong musician, having played percussion, brass, and even sung for most of his life with a deep passion for the Klezmer music made all across the Jewish Diaspora. His next professional goals are to continue educating others by sharing the things he knows so that the memory of Yiddish-speakers continues to be remembered.