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Best Contemporary Jewish Writing
Contributor(s): Lerner, Michael (Editor)
ISBN: 0787959723     ISBN-13: 9780787959722
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
OUR PRICE:   $33.26  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2001
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Annotation: Rachel Adler
Yehuda Amichai
Aharon Appelfeld
Zygmunt Bauman
David Biale
Tsvi Blanchard
Daniel Boyarin
Anita Diamant
Morris Dickstein
Nathan Englander
Nomi Eve
Sidra DeKoren Ezrahi
Nancy Flam
Peter Gabel
Mordechai Gafni
Rebecca Goldstein
Arthur Green
Steve Greenberg
Martin Jay
Rodger Kamenetz
Irena Klepfisz
Kenneth Koch
U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman
Jonathan Mark
Benny Morris
Jacqueline Osherow
Ilana Pardes
Marge Piercy
Robert Pinsky
Daniel Pipes
Norman Podhoretz
Sarah Polster
Dennis Prager
Dahlia Ravikovitch
Rachel Naomi Remen
Adrienne Rich
Jonathan Rosen
Thane Rosenbaum
Philip Roth
William Safire
Susan Schnur
Jonathan Schorsch
Ruth Knaffo Setton
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Alan Shaprio
Rami Shapiro
Jerome Slater
Joseph Telushkin
Yona Wallach
Arthur Waskow
C. K. Williams
Naomi Wolf
David Wolpe




Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | American - General
Dewey: 810.989
LCCN: 2001003013
Physical Information: 1.47" H x 6.02" W x 9.56" (1.65 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Jewish culture, identity, and spirituality through the eyes of the brightest and best authors

Best Contemporary Jewish Writing is a treasure trove of short stories, poetry, and essays from such renowned contributors as Naomi Wolf, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, William Safire, and Marge Piercy. Dive into this rich arrayof writing and you ll see that the Jewish experience reflects universal themes.

The writers in this collection have something to say to Jews, not only to those struggling with their Jewish identity, and also to the wider world. Whether your main interest is in poetry or politics, spirituality or cultural identity, social healing or individual transformation, you ll find Best Contemporary Jewish Writing to be a collection that inspires, excites, and provokes. It also reflects the diversity of thought, opinion, and sensibility of today s best known Jewish thinkers and writers.

This volume is the first in the much anticipated annual series Best Jewish Writing.