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Modern Jewish Worldmaking Through Yiddish Children’s Literature
Emory University professor Miriam Udel has won the National Jewish Book Award for her volume, “Modern Jewish Worldmaking through Yiddish Children’s Literature.”
March 11, 2026, 10:33 am
Udel Wins National Jewish Book Award
Miriam Udel, director of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies as well as a Yiddish language scholar at Emory, won the prize for the best book on, “Education and Jewish Identity.”
By Bob Bahr
Miriam Udel is a distinguished American scholar of Yiddish literature and life and the director of Emory’s Tam Institute of Jewish Studies.
October 16, 2025, 10:42 am
Udel’s Book Tackles the Quest to Raise a Mensch
Yiddish scholar Miriam Udel examines how modern Yiddish children’s literature shaped the Jewish world.
By Bob Bahr
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