Nao­mi B. Sokoloff is a pro­fes­sor of Hebrew and com­par­a­tive lit­er­a­ture at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Wash­ing­ton. She is co-edi­tor with Nan­cy E. Berg of What We Talk About When We talk About Hebrew (And What It Means to Amer­i­cans), win­ner of a 2019 Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award.