About
Uri Schreter is an interdisciplinary musicologist, composer, performer, and filmmaker whose work bridges scholarship and creative practice. He holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Harvard University, as well as an M.A. in History and a B.A. in Music from Tel Aviv University. His research focuses on twentieth-century Jewish history, with particular attention to Yiddish language, music, and culture. His work has been supported by the American Musicological Society, the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, and the YIVO Institute, and has appeared in the Journal of Synagogue Music and In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies. Beyond academia, Schreter collaborates with artists across Jewish cultural spheres, including Shane Baker, Anthony Russell, Isabel Frey, and Judy Bressler. In 2025–2026, he will serve as a Fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan and as the Bader Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish History at Queen’s University.
