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Saul Noam Zaritt is an assistant professor at The Ohio State University. He is currently a member of In geveb’s editorial board and has served as founding editor-in-chief and peer review editor.

Ariel Evan Mayse is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies of Stanford University.

Dr. Daniel Reiser is a senior lecturer in Zefat Academic College and Herzog Academic College.

Zackary Sholem Berger writes and translates in Yiddish and English. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Caroline Luce is the Ross Post-Doctoral Fellow at the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and Chief Digital Curator, Mapping Jewish Los Angeles.

Was there a definable style of Yiddish writing produced in the American West? It is time to look beyond New York and examine the unique experiences of Jews on the Pacific Coast and the literary culture they produced.