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American-born Israeli professor emerita of Comparative Literature

Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi (born October 31, 1942) is Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Early life and education

Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi is the daughter of Janet and Herman DeKoven. Her mother was a social worker born in Ostrowiec, Poland, who at age 12 immigrated to the United States with her family.

Her father was a lawyer born in Chicago, Illinois.^{[citation needed]}

DeKoven Ezrahi was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. She attended Wellesley College and spent her junior year at the Hebrew University,^[1] where she subsequently completed her bachelor's degree in English and Political Science (1966).

DeKoven Ezrahi returned to the United States and received her M.A. (1968) and PhD (1976) in English and American literature from Brandeis University.^{[citation needed]}.^[2]

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