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Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies

Andrea Most

Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • 20th century and contemporary American literature
  • American popular culture and drama
  • Ecocriticism and environmental literature
  • Environmental issues and nature writing
  • Food literature and food issues
  • Jewish literature and culture
  • Local food systems

Office: 416-946-0828
Website
Email: andrea.most@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

Anna Shternshis

Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Holocaust in the Soviet Union
  • Post-Soviet Jewish diaspora
  • Refugee Studies
  • Soviet Jewish History and Culture
  • Yiddish culture, literature music, and theatre.
  • Yiddish Music during the Holocaust

Office: (416) 978-8131
Languages: Yiddish, Russian, some Hebrew
Website
Email: anna.shternshis@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online

David Novak

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

David Novak

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics (including biomedical ethics)
  • Jewish law, ethics, and political theory
  • Jewish-Christian relations
  • Political theory (with special emphasis on natural law theory)

Office: 416-946-3229
Languages: Hebrew,German,Yiddish,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE),Greek, Modern (1453-),Latin,French
Website
Email: david.novak@utoronto.ca
Media availablity: TV, Radio, Print/Online