Ofer Dynes is the Leonard Kaye Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, Columbia University. He is a co-founder and organizer of the Hebrew Lab Faculty Seminar, a New-York based workgroup for scholars in Hebrew Literature.
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In The Great Dictionary of Yiddish Language, the dictionary dazzles
Ofer Dynes
In The Great Dictionary of Yiddish Language: A Chamber Opera, composer Alex Weiser and librettist Ben Kaplan endow enchantment and glamor on their decidedly unglamorous protagonists and, most importantly, heighten our attention to their doubts and torments the way only an opera can.
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The Yiddish Life of Chaim Soutine (1893-1943): New Materials
Noah Pryłucki , Etel Tzukerman and Nochum Gelfand
Translation by Ofer Dynes
A selection of short texts shedding light on the biography of artist Chaim Soutine, translated and with an introductory essay by Ofer Dynes.
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