This anthology, the first of this kind in twenty-five years, collects eighteen astounding works of Jewish fiction.Each story is translated to English from a different language: Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Judeo-Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Yiddish. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by authors that include S. Y. Agnon, Isaac Babel, Lili Berger, Jasminka Domaš, Irena Dousková, Michel Fais, Varda Fiszbein, Eliya Karmona, Entela Kasi, Birte Kont, Mario Levi, Norman Manea, Maciej Plaza, Augusto Segre, Peter Sichrovsky, Gábor T. Szántó, Luize Valente, and Elie Wiesel, reflect the rich diversities within Jewish culture, as well as its common elements. This celebration of Jewish writers is easily accessible and sure to resonate with all backgrounds.