Who We Are
On Being (and Not Being) a Jewish American Writer
Edited by Derek Rubin

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2005
Price: $25.00

This unprecedented collection brings together the major Jewish American writers of the past fifty years as they examine issues of identity and how they’ve made their work respond.

E.L. Doctorow questions the very notion of the Jewish American writer, insisting that all great writing is secular and universal. Allegra Goodman embraces the... Read more >

The Schocken Book of Modern Sephardic Literature

Edited by Ilan Stavans

Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2005
Price: $27.50

The expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 gave rise to a series of rich, diverse diasporas that were interconnected through a common vision and joie de vivre. The exodus took these Sephardim to other European countries; to North Africa, Asia Minor, and South America; and, eventually, to the American... Read more >

Yosl Rakover Talks to God

Written by Zvi Kolitz

Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $11.00

There are two stories here. One is the now legendary tale of a defiant Jew's refusal to abandon God, even in the face of the greatest suffering the world has known, a testament of faith that has taken on an unpredictable and fascinating life of its own and has often been... Read more >

The Art of Blessing the Day
Poems with a Jewish Theme
Written by Marge Piercy

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2000
Price: $16.00

Winner of the 2000 Paterson Poetry Prize

About Marge Piercy's collection of her old and new poems that celebrate the Jewish experience, the poet Lyn Lifshin writes: "The Art of Blessing the Day is an exquisite book. The whole collection is strong, passionate, and poignant, but the mother and daughter poems, fierce... Read more >