Alice Nakhi­movsky is a pro­fes­sor of Russ­ian and Jew­ish Stud­ies at Col­gate Uni­ver­si­ty, where she directs the Pro­gram in Russ­ian and Eurasian Stud­ies. She has writ­ten exten­sive­ly on Russ­ian-Jew­ish lit­er­a­ture and every­day life, and served on the edi­to­r­i­al board of The YIVO Ency­clo­pe­dia of Jews in East­ern Europe.