Israeli author Maya Arad's collection "The Hebrew Teacher" introduces English readers to her poignant novellas, set in the U.S. and centered on Israeli characters grappling with issues of Jewishness, Israeliness, and family dynamics.

The book "Storytelling, or: Yiddish in America" explores the work of Isaac Bashevis Singer, the best-known Yiddish writer of the 20th century.