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Jewish Studies

Literature and Poetry

Galchinsky: The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman WriterThe Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer: Romance and Reform in Victorian England

Michael Galchinsky

Analyzes the haskalah, or Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment—a critical but forgotten period in the development of Jewish women’s writing.

Whitman: An Anthology of Modern Yiddish PoetryAn Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry

Bilingual Edition  •  Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged
Selected and Translated by Ruth Whitman

With a new preface and a revised introduction that provides a short history of the development of Yiddish poetry, the third edition of this anthology presents seventy-two poems in their original Yiddish and in English translation.

Fishman: I Want to Fall Like ThisI Want to Fall Like This: Selected Poems of Rukhl Fishman

Translated by Seymour Levitan  •  Introduction by David G. Roskies

I Want to Fall Like This showcases the unique Israeli-Yiddish poetry of Rukhl Fishman (1935–1984.)

Massey: Identity and CommunityIdentity and Community: Reflections on English, Yiddish, and French Literature in Canada

Irving Massey

A Jewish Canadian from Montreal reexamines his cultural roots and connections through the discussion of three representative authors.

Baskin: Women of the WordWomen of the Word: Jewish Women and Jewish Writing

Edited by Judith R. Baskin

Essays surveying the achievements of Jewish women writers from the Renaissance through the Modern Era.

Aschkenasy: Eve's JourneyEve’s Journey: Feminine Images in Hebraic Literary Tradition

Nehama Aschkenasy

Traces the migration of several female images and feminine situations from their early appearances in Biblical writings to their incarnations in modern Hebraic literature.