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Jessica Kirzane

Jessica Kirzane is the Associate Instructional Professor of Yiddish in the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies, and the translator of three works by Miriam Karpilove Diary of a Lonely Girl, or the Battle against Free Love (Syracuse University Press, 2020); Judith (Farlag Press, 2021) and A Provincial Newspaper and Other Stories (Syracuse University Press, 2023). A full list of her translations and academic publications can be found at www.jessicakirzane.com.

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Rachel Luria

Rachel Luria (Rokhl Lurye) was a writer of Yiddish short fiction and investigative journalism in the early twentieth century. She was known for her complex and often cynical writing about immigrant life, especially in regards to portrayals of sexuality and gender.