Zehavit Stern

Zehavit Stern is a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew theatre, film, and literature. She holds an MA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD from UC Berkeley and the GTU. She has taught at Oxford University, Tel Aviv University, and the Hebrew University. Currently, she serves as Academic Dean, Head of the Honors Program, and theatre lecturer at Emunah Academic College of Arts and Design. She has published widely in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals, including TDR: The Drama Review, Skenè. Journal of Theatre and Drama Studies, Modern Jewish Studies, and Studies in American Jewish Literature. Her book manuscript, under advance contract, examines Eastern European Jewish folk performance and its modern revival in Yiddish and Hebrew culture, framing this trend as a “heritage revolution” that constructed a Jewish dramatic legacy. Her current research explores representations of Eastern European Jewish history across media, and considers how collective memory is shaped by post-WWII perspectives, changing gender perceptions, and shifting cultural and political landscapes.