European Jewish Literature

The life and work of Yiddish literature's Nobel laureate.

One of the most beloved writers of Yiddish literature, his work inspired the hit musical "Fiddler on the Roof."

Yiddish writers emigrated from Europe, and though Yiddish writing all but ceased after the Holocaust, it is seeing a small rebirth today.

The contributions of I.L. Peretz to Yiddish literature.

The writings of Ashkenazic Jewry spans several languages and centuries.

The magic and zest of Ladino---the Judeo-Spanish Dialect--enliven the novels of Rosa Nissan.

Literature in Judeo-Spanish, the language of Sephardic Jews

Because many Jewish writers wrote in German, Russian, French, and other European languages, what we call "European Jewish literature" overlaps with European literature as a whole.