Growing up Jewish: An Anthology

Growing up Jewish in America has inspired some of teh best works of fiction and nonfiction ever writen. Here are twenty-five moving, comical and insightful tales of childhood and adolescence by some of teh most well-loved and gifted writers in the Jewish-American literary tradition.

First-generation immigrants tell of facing the barrier of a foreirn language and anti-Semitism upon their arrival. Their children reveal how they bridged the gap between the old world and the new, grappling with the perils of assimilation. Finally, today's younger writers offer spirited accounts of contemporary Jewish identity. Distinguished by sonderful stroytelling, Growing Up Jewish stands as a testament to the essential Jewish contribution to the mosaic of American literature.

The experience of growing up Jewish in America has produced some of the very best works of fiction and nonfiction ever written. This entertaining anthology brings together 26 accounts by some of the most popular and admired American Jewish authors--stories of childhood and adolescence which explore issues of Jewish identity, language, heritage, generational difference, and coming of age.

Jay David is the author of Growing Up Black: From Slave Days to the Present—Twenty-Five African Americans Reveal the Trials and Triumphs of Their Childhoods and Growing Up Jewish: An Anthology. He lives in New York City.