Background
Kerler, Dov-Ber Boris was born on March 6, 1958 in Moscow. Son of Josef and Anna Kerler.
Kerler, Dov-Ber Boris was born on March 6, 1958 in Moscow. Son of Josef and Anna Kerler.
Bachelor in Yiddish Studies and Indoe-European Linguistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1988.
Barnett Shine junior research fellow Oxford Center Postgraduate Hebrew Studies, 1985—1989. Lecturer Hebrew center Oxford University, 1989—2000, porter research fellow, 1989—2000. Doctor Alice Field Cohn chair Yiddish studies Indiana University, Bloomington, since 2001.
Associate editor oksforder Yidish Oxford Center Hebrew and Jewish Studies, 1990—1995, academic director, Yiddish summer programme, 1992—1994, editorial board member, di pen, monthly yiddish literature magazine, 1994—1996. Associate editor, Jerusalem, 1993—1998. Academic director, Yiddish summer program Vilnius University, Lithuania, 1999.
Principal investigator, yiddish ethnographic project Indiana University, Bloomington, since 2002.
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Married Roberta Sue Rosen, April 13, 1986. Children: Moyshe Aron, Miriam Sarah.