Shachar Pinsker
Scholar and panelist with research and teaching interests in Yiddish and Israeli literature and culture, offering commentary about mediating figures and literary connections between Yiddish and Hebrew in Israel.
Best podcasts with Shachar Pinsker
Ranked by the Snipd community
Mar 27, 2026 • 1h 11min
Yiddish in Israel: A History
Rachel Rojanski, Brown professor and author of Yiddish in Israel: A History. Sunny Yudkoff, Yiddish literature scholar who rethinks suppression narratives. Shachar Pinsker, scholar linking Yiddish and Hebrew literary worlds. Rachel Brenner, literary scholar on language shift. They debate state influence, Yiddish press and theater, mediating literary figures, and changing attitudes toward Yiddish in Israel.
