Michael Wex

Michael Wex is a novelist, university teacher, translator
(including the only authorized Yiddish translation of The
Threepenny Opera), and performer (of stand-up and one-
person shows). He has been hailed as "a Yiddish national
treasure" and is one of the leading lights in the current
revival of Yiddish, lecturing widely on Yiddish and Jewish
culture. He lives and kvetches in Toronto.