100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature

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Great Jewish Books from "The Great Jewish Books Project":http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/story.php?n=14

The National Yiddish Book Center has identified the "100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature" – written in Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, German, Spanish, English and other languages. Our plans are to integrate them into the mainstream of contemporary Jewish education.

An alternate list source is "here.":http://www.myjewishbooks.com/great100.html

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  1. 2.
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    The Nag (Di Kliyatshe)
    by S.Y. Abramovitch

  2. 3.
    Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve: A Novel of the 1930's
    by Dannie Abse

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  4. 5.
    A Simple Story (Library of Modern Jewish Literature)
    by Schmuel Yoseph Agnon

  5. 6.
    Only Yesterday
    by S. Y. Agnon

  6. 7.
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    The Joy of the Poor (Simkhat aniyyim)
    by Nathan Alterman

  7. 9.
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    Pioneers (Pionern)
    by S. An-ski

  8. 11.
    The Age of Wonders
    by Aron Appelfeld

  9. 12.
    Salvation
    by Sholem Asch

  10. 13.
    The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
    by Isaac Babel

  11. 14.
    "The First Day" and Other Stories
    by Dvora Baron

  12. 17.
    Herzog (Penguin Classics)
    by Saul Bellow

  13. 18.
    Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)
    by Saul Bellow

  14. 19.
    Miriam and Other Stories (Hebrew Classics)
    by M. Y. Berdichevsky

  15. 20.
    Descent (Texts & Translations)
    by Dovid Bergelson

  16. 22.
    Breakdown & Bereavement
    by Yosef Haim Brenner

  17. 23.
    The Rise Of David Levinsky
    by Abraham Cahan

  18. 25.
    Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan
    by Paul Celan

  19. 26.
    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
    by Michael Chabon

  20. 27.
    Belle Du Seigneur (Folio, No. 3039) (French Edition)
    by Albert Cohen

  21. 28.
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    Tales in Praise of the Baal Shem Tov
    by Dov Ber of Linitz

  22. 29.
    Whither: & Other Stories
    by M. Z. Feierberg

  23. 30.
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    Jew Suss
    by Lion Feuchtwanger

  24. 31.
    The Journey
    by Ida Fink

  25. 33.
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    The Williamsburg Trilogy
    by Daniel Fuchs

  26. 34.
    The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas (Jewish Latin America)
    by Alberto Gerchunoff

  27. 35.
    The Things We Used to Say
    by Natalia Ginzburg

  28. 36.
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    Selected Poems of Jacob Glatstein
    by Jacob Glatstein

  29. 37.
    Beside and Other Stories
    by Uri Nissan Gnessin

  30. 38.
    The Fragmented Life of Don Jacobo Lerner (Jewish Latin America)
    by Isaac Goldemberg

  31. 39.
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    The Yeshiva, Volume II: Masters and Disciples
    by Chaim Grade

  32. 40.
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    Selected Poetry
    by Uri Zvi Greenberg

  33. 41.
    See Under: LOVE: A Novel
    by David Grossman

  34. 42.
    Life and Fate (New York Review Books Classics)
    by Vasily Grossman

  35. 43.
    The Jewish War and The Victory (Jewish Lives)
    by Henryk Grynberg

  36. 44.
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    In New York: A Selection (Jewish Poetry Series)
    by Moyshe-Leyb Halpern

  37. 45.
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    The Dweller in Gardens (Yoshevet Baganim)
    by Hayim Hazaz

  38. 47.
    Heshel's Kingdom (Jewish Lives)
    by Dan Jacobson

  39. 48.
    The Castle
    by Franz Kafka

  40. 49.
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    Franz Kafka: The Complete Stories
    by Nabum N. Glazer

  41. 50.
    The Trial
    by Franz Kafka

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Created by Finding_Me on May 23, 2006.
 

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Hi Everyone! — 6 years ago

Please help build this list by looking up the original list on the site linked to above, and add those books to the list that are not yet here. Thanks so much!




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