About me
Itzik Gottesman, Ph.D.** (folklore, literature) – Internationally recognized as a leading scholar and activist for Yiddish language and culture, Gottesman currently teaches at University of Texas-Austin. He was previously managing editor of the Yiddish Forverts and authored the book Defining the Yiddish Nation: the Jewish Folklorists of Poland. Gottesman edits and writes the Yiddish Song of the Week blog for the Center for Traditional Music and Dance. He is the son of the renowned late poet/songwriter Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman. For the YIVO Institute he created the current on-line accredited course “The Folklore of Ashkenaz”.
