"Melisande! What Are Dreams?" by Hillel Halkin tells the story of a love triangle involving the narrator, Hoo, his wife Mellie, and their friend Ricky.

Jorge Luis Borges, a renowned Argentinian writer, was accused of being Jewish in a fascist magazine in 1934.

Nelly Sachs, a Jewish poet who escaped the Third Reich and won the Nobel Prize for Literature, underwent a remarkable transformation in her work post-Holocaust.

Saadi Besalel a-Levi's memoir, "Singing Gentile Songs," offers a unique insight into 19th-century Salonica, shedding light on the lost Ottoman and Jewish world.

Shloyme-Zanvl Rappoport, also known as S. An-sky, a writer and ethnographer a century ago, embarked on an ambitious survey aimed at documenting vanishing Jewish folkways in the Russian Empire's Pale of Settlement.

The New American Haggadah, edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and translated by Nathan Englander, presents a discussion on the complexities of translating Jewish texts, particularly the Haggadah used during Passover.

In the discourse from Letters, Spring 2012, the focus is on the placement of altars in Christian churches and bimahs in synagogues, particularly through the perspectives of David Gelernter, Patrick Henry Reardon, and Rabbi Fred Kazan.

Norman Podhoretz, a Jewish intellectual and influential figure of neoconservatism, rose from a poor background in Brooklyn to become a leading literary critic.

In Umberto Eco's novel "The Prague Cemetery," the character Peter Rachkovsky explains the origins and implications of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fabricated text purporting a Jewish conspiracy for world domination.

"Life on Sandpaper" by Yoram Kaniuk is a fictional memoir detailing the author's time in 1950s bohemian New York, filled with encounters with famous figures like Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Marlon Brando, and James Dean.

Harry Austryn Wolfson, a prominent Jewish scholar, delivered a sermon at Harvard in 1955 challenging prevailing theological notions and criticizing contemporary theologians for offering meaningless phrases in place of true belief in God.

Harold Bloom, a renowned literary critic, delves into the complexities of writing and influence, particularly through the lens of strong misreading in his work.

In "A Curable Romantic" by Joseph Skibell, the novel delves into the life of Jakob Sammelsohn, an oculist in Vienna who encounters historical figures like Sigmund Freud and L. L. Zamenhof while exploring themes of love, language, and history.

Eliaz Cohen, an Israeli poet and Religious Zionist living in the West Bank, addresses the challenge faced by settler-artists in his work.

Solomon Schechter's discovery of the Cairo Geniza in 1896, a collection of discarded Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic manuscripts from the Ben Ezra Synagogue, revealed a trove of Jewish historical and literary treasures, including writings from the Exilarchs, Jewish philosophers like Saadya Gaon and Maimonides, and poets such as Shmuel Ha-nagid and Yehuda Halevi.

Meir Shalev's book "Beginnings" delves into the Hebrew Bible with the aim of encouraging readers to rediscover the original text and make fresh personal discoveries.

Vasily Grossman, a prominent Soviet writer, faced a tumultuous life shaped by Stalinism's repression, personal tragedies, and his dedication to depicting the horrors of World War II, notably in works like "Life and Fate" and "The Hell of Treblinka."

The text discusses the challenges and intricacies of translating the works of Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, highlighting the need for knowledge of Yiddish, English, Hebrew, and Jewish culture.

"Saul Bellow: Letters," edited by Benjamin Taylor, offers an intimate look into Bellow's life and career, detailing the challenges he faced in his writing journey, from initial rejections to critical acclaim.

Rabbi Nosson Scherman, an editor known for the ArtScroll Revolution, donated the Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud to the Library of Congress, revolutionizing English-language Talmud study.

The text discusses various perspectives on Franz Kafka and his works, challenging common perceptions and myths surrounding the author.

Lionel Trilling, a prominent Jewish intellectual, faced criticism for not depicting Jewish characters in his work, despite having Eastern European Jewish heritage.

David Grossman's novel "To The End of The Land" is a powerful exploration of love, loss, and family bonds set against the backdrop of military conflict in Israel.

The text discusses a tradition where pregnant women would bite off the tip of the etrog after Sukkot in a symbolic act tied to childbirth pains, stemming from the Tsena-Urena, a Yiddish biblical commentary popular among women in early modern Ashkenazic communities.

The text delves into a critique of Holocaust fiction through examples from novels like Anya Ulinich's "The Nurse and the Novelist" and Yann Martel's "Beatrice and Virgil."