Dovid Katz
Dovid Katz | |
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הירשע־דוד כ״ץ | |
Portrait of Katz, 2010 | |
| Born | 1956 (age 68–69) |
| Relatives | Menke Katz |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yeshivah of Flatbush |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Thesis | Explorations of the History of the Semitic Component in Yiddish (1982) |
| Website | Official website |
Dovid Katz (Yiddish: הירשע־דוד כ״ץ, also הירשע־דוד קאַץ, Hirshe-Dovid Kats, [ˌhirʃɛ-ˈdɔvid ˈkɑt͡s], born 9 May 1956) is an American-born Vilnius-based scholar, author, and educator specializing in Yiddish language and literature, Lithuanian-Jewish culture, and the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.