Jewish Literature

Modern Hebrew literature got an ideological start in Germany, then found artistic maturity in the East.

Overview Hebrew Literature. Jewish American Literature. Modern Hebrew Literature. Israeli Literature.

Is there something uniquely Jewish about the poetry of Jewish Americans?

A writer who used the Jew as a metaphor for humankind.

Jewish socialism influenced Grace Paley's life and literature.

The most successful Jewish American writer may be the most ambivalent as well.

At mid 20th century, Jewish writers connected with American readers by writing about alienation.

Using a medium often associated with lightheartedness to portray the horrors of the Holocaust.

Ozick's version of Jewish literature is more than Yiddish words and slapstick.

For this crop of American writers, being Jewish is as natural as breathing, sleeping, and sex.