Miriam Udel

Miriam Udel is Associate Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Emory University, where she also serves as Judith London Evans Director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University (2008).

Her research explores Yiddish literary traditions, children's cultural production, Ashkenazi modernity, and American-Jewish cultural expressions. She is an ordained Orthodox Jewish clergy member (Darshanit) through Yeshivat Maharat's Executive Ordination program.

Publications demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches to Jewish cultural studies, examining ethical frameworks in modernist literature and secular transformations of Jewish traditions.

Honors & Fellowships:

• 2017 National Jewish Book Award
• 2021 Association of Jewish Libraries Reference Award
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
• Covenant Foundation Fellowship
• Center for Jewish History Rifkind Senior Fellowship