Jewish Literature

This Nobel-winning Holocaust survivor brought the Holocaust and its survival to the American public.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) changed the face of American poetry.

A poem from Emma Lazarus's 1871 collection Ademtus and Other Poems

The poetry of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), best known for the verse inscribed on the Statue of Liberty pedestal

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.

A review of the Jewish satirist's long career in fiction.

In the 1970s, literary critics predicted the demise of the Jewish American novel. A talented group of novelists proved them wrong.

Writing Hebrew literature in the 19th century was no simple matter, and those who did were the elite of the elite.

The pioneers of modern Hebrew literature took a cumbersome, unspoken language and created a vibrant literary tradition.

Leaving the world of the shtetl for an alluring modern culture is the primary theme of early modern Hebrew literature.