The generation following World War II in America has largely forgotten who was Polish and who was not before, during, and, especially, after the war. It is even more severe in American fiction. Even s
Since the Diaspora, with the need to fit in yet at the same time and place remain outside of the culture they found themselves in, Jews have managed to preserve their language, customs and ethnic iden
Contributors identified only by name explore American and European perspectives on Jewishness in contemporary culture. Their topics include Levinas reads Shakespeare, representations of Poland and the