Lecturer in Modern Hebrew Language

Phone: 215.746.2878
Office: 443 Williams Hall
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Joseph Benatov holds a doctorate in comparative literature and literary theory from the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation is entitled "Looking in the Iron Mirror: Eastern Europe in the American Imaginary, 1958-2001." He has also written on Jewish identity politics in Philip Roth's early fiction; the sensationalism of U.S. representations of life behind the Iron Curtain; and competing national narratives of the saving of the Bulgarian Jews during World War II. Dr. Benatov has taught Hebrew for a number of years and has also translated Israeli poetry and drama, including a play by Hanoch Levin, staged to wide acclaim in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Courses

HEBR 053: Intermediate Modern Hebrew I
HEBR 054: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II