Faculty
- Eric Cline (Ancient Jewish Literature)
- Paul Duff (Hebrew Literature)
- Robert Eisen (Jewish Thought)
- Barry Freundel (Rabbinic Judaism)
- Steven Glazer (Jewish Ethics, American Judaism)
- Edwin Hostetter (Hebrew Bible)
- Shoshana Marcus (Hebrew Language)
- Yaron Peleg (Hebrew Language and Literature)
- Linda Raphael (Modern Jewish Literature)
- Bernard Reich (Modern Israel)
- Walter Reich (International Affairs)
- Daniel Schwartz (Modern Jewish History)
- Lauren Strauss (American Jewish History)
- Max Ticktin (Hebrew and Yiddish Language and Literature)
Yaron Peleg
Assistant Professor of
Hebrew
(202) 994-6198 | Phillips 343 |
ypeleg@gwu.edu
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B.S., Emerson College; Ph.D. Brandeis University, Hebrew University
Professor Peleg teaches Hebrew language, modern Hebrew literature and Israeli culture. He has also appeared as a commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. He is author of Derech Gever: Homoeroticism in Hebrew Literature,1880-2000, Orientalism and the Hebrew Imagination and a co-author of a Hebrew text book, Brandeis Modern Hebrew. He has recently completed a monograph on Hebrew literature between the two intifadas. Professor Peleg is also the director of the GW Hebrew Program.