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...only professor to speak in support of Summers at the meeting was Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse, who said, to subdued applause, “This is a show trial to beat all show trials.” Wisse denounced the faculty movement as a battle to stifle academic freedom in the name of political correctness...
...spring 2005, with pro-Summers voices such as Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse finding a home—and a platform—inside the Journal, applause for the University president had become par for the course on Gigot’s page...
...Clearly, if there was to be any reaction to Larry Summers’ speech, it should have begun with giving him the freedom to present his ideas in the form that he chooses to do so,” Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse said in February...
...cream cheese and raisins) in a converted mikvah (ritual bath) furnished with antiques and lace tablecloths. Both venues will host gigs during the Festival of Jewish Culture (June 25-July 3; www.jewishfestival.pl/), which features the toe-tapping klezmer played in Europe from the 15th century, and songs in Yiddish, the language of East European and Russian Jews...
...with cream cheese and raisins) in a converted mikvah (ritual bath) furnished with antiques and lace tablecloths. Both venues will host gigs during the Festival of Jewish Culture (June 25-July 3; www.jewishfestival.pl), which features the toe-tapping klezmer played in Europe from the 15th century, and songs in Yiddish, the language of East European and Russian Jews. If your tastes are less traditional, try a late Jazz Klezz session. Californian trumpeter Paul Brody leads the festival's performers in a jam until dawn at Alchemia, one of Krakow's hot spots. More serious soirées will be held...