Sophie Bartholomew

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Sophie Bartholomew returned to West Philadelphia after graduating from Boston University magna cum laude with a degree in Art History. As an undergraduate she studied the visual expression of power in material culture, writing papers about violence and the body in artworks by Latin American women artists, and the art of translation in the period of Spanish-Nahua encounter. She spent a semester at the Courtauld Institute of Art and traveled to Berlin on a Henry J and Carole Pinkney Research Scholarship to continue her study of Yiddish language.

Sophie is interested in the preservation and interpretation of community histories through oral histories and archival ephemera. She has worked at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, and conducted research at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA on Yiddish children's periodicals. As a Field Fellow for the Wexler Oral History Project, Sophie conducts interviews about Yiddish language and culture.

Since returning to Philadelphia, Sophie has worked with community organizing groups focused on building solidarity among Philadelphians and fighting for a better Philadelphia for all.