Anna Shternshis is an Al and Malka Green Professor of

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studies and the director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for

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at the

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. Her research interests include

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in the

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; Jewish-Slavic cultural relations; Yiddish mass culture, theatre, and music.Anna Shternshis
a Centre for Jewish Studies profile. She received her M.A. degree from

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and Ph.D. degree in Modern Languages and Literatures from

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in 2001. Shternshis is the author of two books, as well as over 20 articles and book chapters. She is the co-editor-in-chief of ''East European Jewish Affairs''. Shternshis together with composer/performer and

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Psoy Korolenko created and directed '' Yiddish Glory'', a project to release the forgotten Yiddish songs written during

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in the

. It was nominated and shortlisted for the 61st Annual Grammy Award in the world music category.Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs Of World War II
a YouTube presentation by

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Books

*''Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939'', Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2006 *''When Sonia Met Boris: An Oral History of Jewish Life under

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'', New York, Oxford University Press, 2017

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