Eyshe Beirich

Eyshe received his BA with Honors in Comparative Germanic literatures and Jewish Studies from the University of Chicago in 2023. His thesis analyzed the representation of Arab Palestinians in pre-state Yiddish literature in Palestine, as well as European Orientalist influences in 20th century Yiddish literature.

At Columbia, he focuses on German and Yiddish literature, particularly in better defining the relationship of German culture and thought to Yiddish and Yiddishism. He is interested in the tensions between literature and violence, European nationalisms and colonialism, as well as ideologies of race and language.

Eyshe is also affiliated with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, having been the Pedagogical Coordinator for the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture, and has taught Yiddish at the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies.

Outside of his studies, Eyshe lives and writes in Yiddish.