Response ·
The Cold Litvak
By Gennady EstraikhI ’m grateful to Ruth Wisse for her impressive essay on Abraham Cahan , and for bringing his legacy to a broader audience. Yet, in reading it, I found myself wondering how exactly one could prove her...

Gennady Estraikh is a professor at the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, where he also directs the Shvidler Project for the history of the Jews of the Soviet Union.