Untethered by Ruth Rakoff
Untethered provides context and insights into orthodoxy, post-war experience, mental illness, generational trauma, and grief while laying the foundations for understanding and a path toward healing.
Jewish Literature
Yara by Tamara Faith Berger
Set in the sex-tape-panicked early 2000s, Yara is a reverse cautionary tale about what the body can teach us.
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages (Part Two)
Part Two of Michael Greenstein’s review of “18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages”.
18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages (Part One)
Part One of Michael Greenstein’s review of “18: Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages”.
Excerpt: 18 Jewish Stories Translated from 18 Languages, edited by Nora Gold
This is the first anthology of translated multilingual Jewish fiction in 25 years: a collection of 18 splendid stories, each translated into English from a different language.
In the Land of the Postscript by Chava Rosenfarb
This collection makes available in English for the first time a complete selection of Chava Rosenfarb’s short stories all in one place.
All The Shining People by Kathy Friedman
Twelve exquisitely written stories depicting the search for human connection and the attempt to fit in far from home.
The Full Catastrophe by Méira Cook
A compassionate and funny novel about defining yourself, the communities that support us, and the journeys that secrets propel.
