literature

Secular Jewish Literature in Ukraine

Jewish literature flourished in Ukraine in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Isaac Babel

Gangsters, beggars, prostitutes and other inhabitants of Jewish Odessa.

Lilith Magazine

Giving Jewish women a voice.

Women in Holocaust Literature: Writers and Writings

These women use diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry to express their Holocaust experience.

Self-Hating Jews

Defining Jewish self-hatred is, like most matters in Jewish life, subject to debate.

Portnoy’s Complaint

A novel by Philip Roth.

Paul Celan

A Poet in Exile

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.