Wendy
Zierler
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion
Thomas and Elissa Ellant Katz Fellow
Research Topic
Elu v'Elu: Gendered Fictions of Illness by S. Y. Agnon and Devorah Baron
Bio
Wendy Zierler is the Sigmund Falk Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Feminist Studies at HUC–JIR in New York. A literary historian and fiction writer, Zierler has focused on, among other things, questions of gender in modern Hebrew fiction and poetry. Her book, Movies and Midrash: Popular Film and Jewish Religious Conversation (SUNY Press) was a finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award. Her project this year will focus on the metaphorics of illness in Baron and Agnon.
Zierler received her Ph.D. from Princeton University, her M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College, and rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Maharat.
