Ari Y Kelman

Ari Y Kelman is an assistant professor of American studies and a member of the Jewish Studies Program Committee. He is the author of Station Identification: a Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States (2008, University of California Press), and the co author, with Steven M. Cohen, of a number of studies of contemporary Jewish identities. He sits on the editorial board of the quarterly "guilt and pleasure," and is actively involved in a number of Jewish cultural projects. His current research interests include music, identity, community, and contemporary worship.