Literature

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Jewish American Literature, Today and Yesterday

·        Today, Jewish American writers are returning to their roots.

·         During the 1950s and 1960s, Jewish American writers like Bernard Malamud and Philip Roth became household names.

 

Cynthia Ozick

 Philip Roth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modern Hebrew Literature

How do you say "locomotive" in biblical Hebrew? A dilemma for pioneer writers of modern Hebrew literature.

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Israeli Literature

Poetry was the predominant genre in pre-1948 Palestine, but prose fiction eventually came to dominate Israeli literature.

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Present & Future

·        Four contemporary Jewish American novelists.

·        The uncertain and exciting future of Israeli literature.

 

 

Ozick Photo Credit: Julius Ozick; Roth Photo Credit: Nancy Crampton                 

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