Jean Baumgarten is Directeur de recherche emeritus at the Centre National de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, Paris). He has published articles and books on the Yiddish language and literature (16th-18th century), cultural studies of the Ashkenazi culture, Jewish mysticism and Hasidism.Ruth von Bernuth is Professor at the North Carolina University. She published books and articles on German and Yiddish literature and culture (15th-18th centuries). Her most recent research focus is the Bible and Biblical literature in Yiddish.Moshe Lavee is a lecturer in Talmud and Midrash (department of Jewish History,) chair of eLijah-Lab for Digital Humanities (University of Haifa). He published articles and books on Aggadic Midrash from the Genizah, the construction of identity in rabbinic Literature, and DH applications for Jewish Studies.