Ruth Wisse, a professor emerita at Harvard and columnist for Mosaic, explores the role of modern Jewish literature and its impact on Jewish culture and identity.

Ruth Wisse, a professor emerita at Harvard, Mosaic columnist, and senior distinguished fellow at the Tikvah Fund, explores the role of fiction in modern Jewish culture and how it has conveyed the Jewish people's enduring dilemmas.

Dr. Cecile Kuznitz, director of Jewish Studies at Bard College, discusses the history of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) in her book "YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture," exploring its evolution from Interwar Poland to Postwar America.

Dr. Cecile Kuznitz discusses the history of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) in her book "YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture," exploring its evolution from Interwar Poland to Postwar America.

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in a 1932 interview, highlights the challenge facing Orthodox Jews in blending traditional Jewish religious study with modern secular education.

Dr. Cecile Kuznitz, director of Jewish Studies at Bard College, discusses the history of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) in her book "YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture."