Jewish Literature

Paul Celan

A Poet in Exile

Barbra Streisand’s Yentl

The significance of this 1983 film based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story.

A.B. Yehoshua

To this author and social critic, Israeli identity comes first.

Contemporary Jewish Youth Literature

Stories reflect pride in Jewish identity

Jewish Children’s Literature

Classic books continue to inspire new generations.

Israeli Literature: Reading List

A Reader's Guide: Hebrew Literature in Translation

Steve Stern

Steve Stern's The Wedding Jester.

In the Image

Dara Horn's novel.

The Puttermesser Papers

Cynthia Ozick's response to Chick Lit.

Everything is Illuminated

A book by Jonathan Safran Foer

Ravelstein: A Writer’s Soul

Bellow's final novel was inspired by his friendship with Allan Bloom.

Absurdistan

Gary Shteyngart's satiric look at globalization, petrol politics, and the obsession with Jewish continuity.