If I Am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews

Wisse, Ruth R.: - Ruth R. Wisse is currently a senior fellow at the Tikvah Fund and recipient of its Herzl Award. She was a professor of Yiddish and comparative literature at Harvard University from 1993-2014 and before that, helped found the Jewish Studies Department at McGill University. Her books include The Schlemiel as Modern Hero, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Culture, No Joke: Making Jewish Humor, Jews and Power, and Free as a Jew: A Personal Memoir of National Self-Liberation. In 2007, she was awarded the National Medal for the Humanities.