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Fic­tion: Clas­sic Jew­ish Literature

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Fiction
A Crown of Feathers
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Fiction
A Guest for the Night
S. Y. Agnon; Misha Louvish, trans.
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Fiction
As a Driven Leaf
Milton Steinberg
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Fiction
Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska
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Fiction
Call It Sleep
Henry Roth
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Fiction
Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
Philip Roth
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Fiction
Herzog
Saul Bellow
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Fiction
Marjorie Morningstar
Herman Wouk
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Fiction
My Name Is Asher Lev
Chaim Potok
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Fiction
Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
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Fiction
Shadows on the Hudson
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Fiction
Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son
Sholem Aleichem; Aliza Shevrin, trans.; Dan Miron, intro.
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Fiction
The Adventures of Augie March
Saul Bellow
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Fiction
The Book of Daniel
E.L. Doctorow
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Fiction
The Chosen
Chaim Potok
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Fiction
The Family Mashber
Der Nister; Leonard Wolf, trans.; David Malouf, intro.
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Fiction
The Fixer
Bernard Malamud
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Fiction
The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
Cynthia Ozick
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Fiction
The Rise of David Levinsky
Abraham Cahan

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