The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories

In this remarkably wide-ranging anthology, Ilan Stavans has collected the work of more than fifty notable Jewish writers from around the globe, weaving these diverse viewpoints and voices into a rich portrait of Jewish literary tradition.
The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories takes us from the mid-1800s right up to the present, encompassing the full spectrum of Jewish writing around the world.
The variety of tales captured here is stunning. Readers will find stories such as “A Yom Kippur Scandal” by Sholem Aleichem, the father of Yiddish literature; “Before the Law” by Franz Kafka; “Looking for Mr. Green” by Saul Bellow; “The Spinoza of Market Street” by Isaac Bashevis Singer; and “Midrash on Happiness” by Grace Paley.