Authors

Serving as a forum for their collective knowledge, The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe includes articles written by more than 450 internationally recognized scholars. This encyclopedia brings their research together for the first time. Authors are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The directory also includes the authors’ credentials and enumerates the articles they have contributed to the encyclopedia. Click on the alphabetical list below to find an author.

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Wacks, Ron

Lecturer in Jewish Thought, Herzog College, Gush Etzion, Israel



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Waldoks, Moshe

Rabbi, Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, Massachusetts



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Warnke, Nina

Assistant Professor of Yiddish Studies, University of Texas at Austin



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Web, Marek

Senior Research Scholar and Former Chief Archivist, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York



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Węgrzynek, Hanna

Researcher, Żydowski Instytut Historyczny, Warsaw



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Wein, Berel

Senior Lecturer in Talmud, Ohr Sameyach Institutions, Jerusalem; Director, Destiny Foundation, Israel and United States



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Weiner, Miriam

Independent Scholar and President, Routes to Roots Foundation, Secaucus, New Jersey



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Weiser, Kalman

Assistant Professor and Silber Family Chair for Holocaust and Eastern European Jewish Studies, York University, Toronto



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Weissler, Chava

Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania



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Weitz, Yechiam

Lecturer, Department of Land of Israel Studies, University of Haifa



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Welker, Árpád

Archivist, Budapest Főváros Levéltára



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Werberger, Annette

Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Universität Tübingen, Germany



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Westreich, Elimelech

Professor of Jewish Law and Family Law, Tel Aviv University



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Wex, Michael

Independent Scholar, Toronto, Canada



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Wierzbieniec, Wacław

Professor of Contemporary History, Uniwersytet Rzeszowski (Rzeszów, Poland)



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Wisse, Ruth R.

Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University



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Wodziński, Marcin

Professor of Jewish History and Literatures, Uniwersytet Wrocławski (Wrocław, Poland)



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Wolitz, Seth L.

Professor of French, University of Texas at Austin



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Woll, Josephine

Professor of Russian, Howard University, Washington, D.C



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Wunder, Meir

Senior Librarian (retired), Hebrew University Library



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