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Yaffa Weisman, Ph.D., M.L.I.S.
Library Director, the Frances-Henry Library, Los Angeles;
Adjunct Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
Dr. Weisman, Library Director of the Frances-Henry Library in Los Angeles and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, was born in Israel. She brings to HUC-JIR a rich history as a writer, translator and literary critic.
Areas of Expertise
- Comparative literature
- Jewish & Christian texts of the 1st century
- Contemporary Israeli culture
Education
- Ph.D., University of Southern California (1994)
- M.L.I.S, University of California, Los Angeles (1999)
- B.A., Tel Aviv University (1974)
Select Publications
- Michele DeGhelderode: An Introduction. In: Plays by Michele DeGhelderode , translated by Moshe Lazar. Tel Aviv University, 2006.
- Translation of Yehudah Amichai's "The Day Martin Buber Was Buried", Shirim, 2001.
- Co-editor, with Adriane Leveen: The Lord Has a Taste for Clowning: Selected Poems by Stanley F. Chyet. Skirball Cultural Center, 2003.
- Translation of Yehudah Amichai's "The Day Martin Buber Was Buried", Shirim, 2001.
- Feminist/Women's Studies:
- Nissim Aloni's heroines: Defusing the grotesque through the theatrical in modern Israeli drama. Shofar,
Vol. 17 no. 2 (Winter, 1999)
- And we were all there: a feminist Haggadah. Co-edited with William Cutter. Los Angeles, American Jewish Congress
Feminist Center, 1996.
- Liturgical Offerings:
- Entering a Daughter into the Covenant of the Jewish People (2000)
- Brit Ahuvot ceremonies (1992, 1995, 1999) Selihot Service, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center (with Rachel Adler),
(1991)
- Selihot Service, Los Angeles Jewish Feminist Center (with Rachel Adler), (1991)
- High Holy Days Supplement, Congregation Beth Chayim Chadashim. (1988)
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