Ayelet Brinn, Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies and History at the University of Hartford, will speak about Abraham Cahan and the Rise of the American Yiddish Press, exploring how the American Yiddish press grew from unpromising origins into the diverse, successful publication market that it eventually became. Cahan’s early career highlights the complex, often conflicting financial and ideological motivations that stood at the heart of the American Yiddish press, as well as the often-porous boundaries between American publishing markets in various languages at the turn of the twentieth century.
