Creator Bio
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
1932–2009
Born and raised in New York, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi taught at Harvard University and then became professor of Jewish history, culture, and society at Columbia University. Specializing in medieval and modern Jewish history, Yerushalmi wrote numerous award-winning studies.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Zakhor: Jewish History and Memory
The Hebrew Zakhor—“Remember”—announces my elusive theme. Memory is always problematic, usually deceptive, sometimes treacherous. Proust knew this, and the English reader is deprived of the full force…