# Jeremy Dauber

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Jeremy Dauber Born Jeremy Asher Dauber (1973-02-20) February 20, 1973 (age 53) Alma mater Harvard University University of Oxford Awards Rhodes Scholarship Scientific career Fields Yiddish and Jewish literature American Jewish culture American studies Institutions Columbia University

**Jeremy Asher Dauber** (born February 20, 1973)[1] is the Atran Professor of [Yiddish Language](/source/Yiddish_Language), [Literature](/source/Yiddish_literature), and Culture in the Department of [Germanic Languages](/source/Germanic_Languages) at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University), specializing in Yiddish and Jewish literature, American Jewish culture, and American studies.[2] Dauber's research interests include Yiddish literature of the early modern period, Hebrew and Yiddish literature of the nineteenth century, the Yiddish theater, the history of Jewish comedy, and American Jewish literature.

Since 2008, he has been the director of the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia.[2][3][4] In 2009, he was named an inaugural member of the [Shalom Hartman Institute](/source/Shalom_Hartman_Institute) North American Scholars Circle.[5]

A native of [Teaneck, New Jersey](/source/Teaneck%2C_New_Jersey), Dauber attended [Yavneh Academy](/source/Yavneh_Academy_(New_Jersey)) and is a 1990 graduate of the [Frisch School](/source/Frisch_School) in [Paramus, New Jersey](/source/Paramus%2C_New_Jersey).[6] He graduated from [Harvard College](/source/Harvard_College) in 1995 summa cum laude and did his doctoral work at Oxford.[7]

He wrote a column on television and movies for the *[Christian Science Monitor](/source/Christian_Science_Monitor)* that was recognized by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in 2003.[7] Also, during his time at [Oxford University](/source/University_of_Oxford), Dauber wrote the [libretto](/source/Libretto) for an opera that was later played in [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston). In addition, he also wrote a movie that was screened at the [Cannes Film Market](/source/March%C3%A9_du_Film).[8]

*[The Jewish Week](/source/The_Jewish_Week)* has described Dauber's rapid ascent to a position of influence in Yiddish letters, “Within a year of completing his doctorate in Yiddish literature at Oxford University, Jeremy Dauber returned to the United States, found a job heading the Yiddish studies program at Columbia University, and was invited by the National Yiddish Book Center to manage its ambitious compilation of a list of the 100 greatest works of modern Jewish literature." [9]

Dauber is co-editor of the journal *[Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History](/source/Prooftexts%3A_A_Journal_of_Jewish_Literary_History)*.[10]

## Books

- *Antonio's Devils: Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature* (Stanford University Press, 2004)

- [*The Range of Yiddish: A Catalog of an Exhibition from the Yiddish Collection of the Harvard College Library*](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/APTRAN.html), Marion Aptroot and Jeremy Dauber, [Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press), 2005.

- *Landmark Yiddish Plays* (SUNY Press, 2006) co-editor and -translator, with Joel Berkowitz

- *The Worlds of Sholem Aleichem: The Remarkable Life and Afterlife of the Man Who Created Tevye* (Schocken, 2013)

- *Jewish Comedy: A Serious History* (W.W. Norton, 2017)

- *American Comics: A History* (W.W. Norton, 2021)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "[Dauber, Jeremy, 1973-](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003067936.html)" at [Library of Congress Linked Data Service](/source/Library_of_Congress_Linked_Data_Service).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-columbiaspectator.com_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-columbiaspectator.com_2-1) ["- Columbia Daily Spectator"](http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/29836). *Columbiaspectator.com*. Retrieved 11 August 2017.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Scholar of Yiddish Named To Lead Columbia Institute"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220626172815/https://www.nysun.com/article/72591). *Nysun.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.nysun.com/article/72591) on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Confusion at Columbia \[Martin Kramer's Sandbox\]"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080417023407/http://sandbox.blog-city.com/confusion_at_columbia.htm). *Sandbox.blog-city.com*. Archived from [the original](http://sandbox.blog-city.com/confusion_at_columbia.htm) on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Shalom Hartman Institute - Jewish Scholarship, Education, Leadership for Israel, Diaspora"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100419183656/http://www.hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=447). Archived from [the original](http://www.hartman.org.il/SHInews_View_Eng.asp?Article_Id=447) on 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Palmer, Joanne. ["Jewish humor or Jewish horror; Columbia's Dr. Jeremy Dauber, onetime Teaneck boy, speaks in Fort Lee"](https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/jewish-humor-or-jewish-horror/), *[New Jersey Jewish Standard](/source/New_Jersey_Jewish_Standard)*, June 2, 2016. Accessed June 2, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-92y.org_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-92y.org_7-1) ["Search Our Site - 92nd Street Y - New York, NY"](http://www.92y.org/shop/detail.asp?productid=T-BL5LL04). *92y.org*. Retrieved 11 August 2017.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Jeremy A. Dauber | Department of Germanic Languages"](https://germanic.columbia.edu/people/faculty/jeremy-dauber). *germanic.columbia.edu*. Retrieved 2026-02-23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Head of the Class"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070805083326/http://www.ujc.org/page.html?ArticleID=26195). Archived from [the original](http://www.ujc.org/page.html?ArticleID=26195) on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Prooftexts"](http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/pages.php?pID=89). [Indiana University Press](/source/Indiana_University_Press). Retrieved 4 September 2016.

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