Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Miriam (Schmulewitz) Hoffman (born 1936), has been a lecturer of Yiddish language at Columbia University since 1993.Hoffman was born in Łódź, Poland to a Yiddish-speaking family. While she was a child, her father was sent to a forced labor camp in Siberia, accompanied by Hoffman and her mother. After a difficult passage through several other countries, the family arrived in the US during 1949. In 1957 finished the Jewish Teacher's Seminary with a BA in pedagogy. In the 1970s taught Yiddish at the University of Tel-Aviv, Israel. Received a B.A. from the University of Miami, cum laude in 1981. An M.A. from Columbia University in 1983. From 1991-1994 taught Yiddish and Yiddish Dramatic Arts at Oxford University Summer Program.For the last 20 years, columnist and feature writer for the Jewish Forward, where she has published over two thousand articles. Also edited a monthly literary supplement for the Jewish Forward. In 1992 she won the Israeli equivalent of a Tony Award for her English-to-Yiddish translation of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys."@en }
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- Miriam_Hoffman abstract "Miriam (Schmulewitz) Hoffman (born 1936), has been a lecturer of Yiddish language at Columbia University since 1993.Hoffman was born in Łódź, Poland to a Yiddish-speaking family. While she was a child, her father was sent to a forced labor camp in Siberia, accompanied by Hoffman and her mother. After a difficult passage through several other countries, the family arrived in the US during 1949. In 1957 finished the Jewish Teacher's Seminary with a BA in pedagogy. In the 1970s taught Yiddish at the University of Tel-Aviv, Israel. Received a B.A. from the University of Miami, cum laude in 1981. An M.A. from Columbia University in 1983. From 1991-1994 taught Yiddish and Yiddish Dramatic Arts at Oxford University Summer Program.For the last 20 years, columnist and feature writer for the Jewish Forward, where she has published over two thousand articles. Also edited a monthly literary supplement for the Jewish Forward. In 1992 she won the Israeli equivalent of a Tony Award for her English-to-Yiddish translation of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys.".
- Q6873341 abstract "Miriam (Schmulewitz) Hoffman (born 1936), has been a lecturer of Yiddish language at Columbia University since 1993.Hoffman was born in Łódź, Poland to a Yiddish-speaking family. While she was a child, her father was sent to a forced labor camp in Siberia, accompanied by Hoffman and her mother. After a difficult passage through several other countries, the family arrived in the US during 1949. In 1957 finished the Jewish Teacher's Seminary with a BA in pedagogy. In the 1970s taught Yiddish at the University of Tel-Aviv, Israel. Received a B.A. from the University of Miami, cum laude in 1981. An M.A. from Columbia University in 1983. From 1991-1994 taught Yiddish and Yiddish Dramatic Arts at Oxford University Summer Program.For the last 20 years, columnist and feature writer for the Jewish Forward, where she has published over two thousand articles. Also edited a monthly literary supplement for the Jewish Forward. In 1992 she won the Israeli equivalent of a Tony Award for her English-to-Yiddish translation of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys.".