Wisse speaking at YU commencement

Dr. Ruth Wisse

The Yiddish scholar and literary and social critic Dr. Ruth Wisse will deliver the keynote address at Yeshiva University’s 84th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17, at noon, at the Prudential Center in Newark. YU President Richard M. Joel will confer honorary doctorates upon Peter Frates and Martin Greenfield, and Pearl Berger, the dean of YU Libraries, will be awarded the presidential medallion.

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