Eddy Portnoy

An expert on Jewish popular culture Eddy Portnoy has an MA in Yiddish from Columbia and a PhD in Jewish history from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He currently serves as Academic Advisor for the Max Weinreich Center and Exhibition Curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.The exhibitions he has created for YIVO have won plaudits from The New York Times, VICE, The Forward, and others.