Jacob Dinezon (1856-1919) was a Yiddish novelist and short-story writer, as famous during his lifetime as Sholom Aleichem. Until now, his work has not appeared in English.

Alan Cheuse is a particularly articulate voice, good at casting a cold eye on the hot-button problems of Jewish life.

From Moscow and Paris to Cape Cod and Providence, readers are transported into a literary world rich in magic, intrigue, humor and pathos—and Stalin.

Set in Crimea, this books relates a story that is simple on its surface but deeply scrutinizes ethical judgments, even though the events transpire in only one day.

Chava is a golem, alone in the world after the man for whom she was created died on the journey to America. Ahmad is a

A Replacement Life: A Novel by Boris Fishman. (Harper, 336 pp. $25.99)   Few authors generate the hosannas that greeted Boris Fishman for his debut novel, A

Between Friends By Amos Oz. Translated by Sondra Silverston. (Mariner Books, 179 pp. $14.95 paper) The New York Times reported recently on a trend in literary fiction:

German sociologist and theoretician Theodor Adorno believed that “to write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” Brenda Webster, whose previous novels and translations give witness to both her narrative…