Rachelle Grossman

Rachelle Grossman is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at Harvard University. Her research is concerned with the transformation of Yiddish literature in the postwar era, with a particular focus on the activities of Yiddish presses in Poland and Argentina. She holds a Master’s in Jewish Education and a Bachelor’s in Modern Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary as well as a Bachelor’s in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.

Review

Review of Una historia del libro judío by Alejandro Dujovne

Rachelle Grossman

Tracing the development of editorial Jewish presses in Argentina from their infancy in 1910 through their postwar decline in the mid-1960s and 1970s, Dujovne uses book history as a lens to tell the story of Ashkenazi Jews in Argentina.

May 02, 2021

Blog

Briv funem Arkhiv: A Haphazard Yiddish Invoice from the Musterverk Series

Rachelle Grossman

Rachelle Grossman digs up a revealing clerical mix-up in the distribution of Shmuel Rollansky’s 100-volume Musterverk series — a moment both funny and tragic at the end of the series’ long run.

Apr 17, 2020

Briv funem arkhiv