The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Culture by Ruth R. Wisse New Year His travels bring him face-to-face

His travels bring him face-to-face with waiters and conductors

Purimspiel by Jasminka Domas Translated from Croatian by Iskra Pavlovic

Centro Histórico is to Mexico what the Lower East Side is to the United States: a platform for reinventing one’s self in the New World

including many prominent Jewish writers and intellectuals

a vibrant theatrical culture took shape on New York City's Lower East Side

The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Culture by Ruth R. Wisse New Year His travels bring him face-to-faceWhat makes a great Jewish book? In fact, what makes a book "Jewish" in the first place? Ruth R. Wisse eloquently fields these questions in The Modern Jewish Canon, her compassionate, insightful guide to the finest Jewish literature of the twentieth century. From Isaac Babel to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Elie Wiesel to Cynthia Ozick, Wisse's The Modern Jewish Canon is a book that every student of Jewish literature, and every reader of great fiction, will