Win A Free Book
Name what you believe to be the top five Jewish-written and themed short stories of all time. (Note to Mis-nagid: Biblical texts are not up for consideration.) Post your list in the comments to this post (or email me; the link is on the right sidebar of this page).
The best list (chosen subjectively by the prize committee, i.e., me) will receive a prize as yet to be determined, probably a current Jewish-themed book, perhaps Nathan Englander's The Ministry of Special Cases. (The winner will have some say in what the prize is.)
The contest closes Friday, June 1, 2007, at 8 pm CDT.
In order to win, you'll have to have a valid email address (and, once notified of your prize, you will need to provide valid contact and shipping information in a timely fashion). If the winner cannot be contacted, the prize *may* be awarded to someone who can be reached.
Good luck!
Bernard Malamud's "The Jewvbird"
Posted by: Peter | May 27, 2007 at 02:44 AM
Here they are, from my perspective:
1. "Hunger" by Anzia Yezierska
2. "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" by Isaak Bashevis Singer.
3. "The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick
4. "The Magic Barrel"by Bernard Malamud
5. "Nightfall" by Isaac Asimov
Posted by: Michelle | May 27, 2007 at 08:12 AM
The Chosen - Chaim Potok
Tevye der milkhiker - Shalom Aleichem
World of Our Fathers - Irving Howe
Jewish Wisdom - Joseph Telushkin
Night - Elie Wiesel
One for Good Luck:
The Bialy Eaters - Mimi Sheraton
Posted by: Juda Engelmayer | May 29, 2007 at 10:48 PM
One of my favorites, I don't have five:
1. Isaac Bashevis Singer - A Crown of Feathers
My favourite novels.
Novels (some good ones)
1. Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith - Gina B. Nahai
2. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chaon (Malachi B. Cohen)
Posted by: Ariel | May 30, 2007 at 12:09 AM
Here are my top five, that i've found powerful and moving and quintessially Jewish:
1. "Gimpel the Fool" - I.B. Singer
2. "Betrothed" - S.Y. Agnon
3. "Benjamin the Third" - S.Y. Abramowitz (Mendele the Book Peddler)
4. "The Trial" - Franz Kafka
5. "The Seven Beggars" - Nachman of Bretzlav
Posted by: Dan | May 31, 2007 at 03:42 AM
1. Heinrich Heine - Rabbi of Bacherach (considered as one of the 1st jewish short stories, published one year before his conversion to christianity)
2. Buchmendel - Stephan Zweig
3. Dreyfus in Kassrilevka, Sholom Aleichem
4. Letter to my Father - Franz Kafka
5. The Writer in the Family - E.L. Doctorow
Posted by: Candacë Libi | May 31, 2007 at 02:15 PM