Eli Jany

PhD Candidate

I received my MA in Yiddish Studies from the University of Toronto in 2020 and am happy to be back for more Yiddish. My dissertation focuses on the life writing of disabled Yiddish-speaking Jews in interwar Poland.
I am passionate about studying Yiddish archival documents and enjoy working as a Yiddish-to-English translator and a transcriber of Yiddish oral histories. I also love to teach and facilitate and have really appreciated the chance to work with the amazing group of fellow Yiddish learners at UofT. Outside of Yiddish-related stuff, I’m into crocheting, cats, and eating (and sometimes making) baked goods.

 

Academic Background

MA in Yiddish, University of Toronto, 2020

MSW, University of Toronto, 2019

Honours BSc in Biology, McMaster University, 2015

Publications

Leshchinsky, Yankev. The Last Years of Polish Jewry, Volume 2: The Permanent Pogrom, 1935-37. Edited by Robert Brym. Translated by Robert Brym and Eli Jany, Open Book Publishers, https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0342

Leshchinsky, Yankev. The Last Years of Polish Jewry, Volume 1: At the Edge of the Abyss: Essays, 1927–33. Edited by Robert Brym. Translated by Robert Brym and Eli Jany, Open Book Publishers, www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0341

Sarah Reisen. “Three Poems.” In geveb, May 2020: Trans. Eli Jany.

Conferences

Presenter, "'Nowadays I wouldn't cry in a situation like that': A disabled socialist's Yiddish-language autobiography from 1932 Vilne, Poland," 2024 Disability Studies Conference at the University of Leeds
Panel Chair, “Self-Making, World-Making,” 2020 Schwartz-Reisman Graduate Student Conference in Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto.

Awards

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship – 2023-24
  • SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral, 2020
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science Top (FAST) Doctoral Fellowship, 2020