Episode 1: Dr. Uri Schreter (Univ...

Episode 1: Dr. Uri Schreter (University of Michigan / Queen's University)

The Sounding Jewish Podcast by Dr. Samantha M. Cooper

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The first episode of Season 4 of The Sounding Jewish Podcast features Dr. Uri Schreter. We discuss his early life in Israel, his educational journey, and how he came to write a doctoral dissertation on Klezmer.

Dr. Uri Schreter is an interdisciplinary musicologist, composer, and performer whose work bridges scholarly research and creative practice. His research centers on twentieth-century Jewish music and history, with a focus on Yiddish culture and the transnational exchange between the United States and Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Harvard University and degrees in history, composition, and musicology from Tel Aviv University. In 2025–2026, he is a Research Fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan and the Bader Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish History at Queen’s University. ... 

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Keywords
Israeli musicAmerican Jewish musicYiddish music