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    Fic­tion: Clas­sic Jew­ish Literature

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    A Crown of Feathers
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
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    Fiction
    A Guest for the Night
    S. Y. Agnon; Misha Louvish, trans.
    Cover of As a Driven Leaf
    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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    Portnoy's Complaint
    Philip Roth
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    Shadows on the Hudson
    Isaac Bashevis Singer
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    Tevye the Dairyman and Motl the Cantor's Son
    Sholem Aleichem; Aliza Shevrin, trans.; Dan Miron, intro.
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    The Adventures of Augie March
    Saul Bellow
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    The Book of Daniel
    E.L. Doctorow
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    The Chosen
    Chaim Potok
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    The Family Mashber
    Der Nister; Leonard Wolf, trans.; David Malouf, intro.
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    The Fixer
    Bernard Malamud
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    Fiction
    The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
    Cynthia Ozick
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    The Rise of David Levinsky
    Abraham Cahan

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