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Teaching a writing class in a retirement home – well, that really marked the point of no return...
10m read Translated from Hebrew by Yaron Regev
When the shofar blasted, it rang loud and heavy, weighing down the ears of the living...
35m read
From a distance, they were a tall, handsome couple. The man was wearing an elegant business suit...
It was well past dark when the boys snuck out of their tent, untied two camels, and rode off into the desert...
17m read
Old Zadok the tallis-dealer awoke around three in the morning when in Tiberias the rains were still pouring down...
11m read Translated from Yiddish by Daniel Kennedy
Chaya Silverman froze as Judge McGuiness prepared to deliver the verdict in the State of New York vs. Nehemiah Goldstein...
24m read
“Dos iz a tir,” says Vladimir, pointing toward the door of the classroom. “Dos iz a tir,” everyone repeats after him and points toward the door.
32m read Translated from Hebrew by Peretz A. Rodman
A trade school opened in town a year ago. Since it was hard for young Jewish men to get into the Russian gymnasiums...
15m read Translated from Yiddish by Shirley Kumove
Outside of Room 6, Nahum’s empty bed sticks out like a monument. I glance at the beds on both sides. On one side is Yitzhak
29m read Translated from Hebrew by Yardenne Greenspan
Grandma Golda discovered pizza in the summer of 1953 at The Pelham Parkway Pizza Parlor...
16m read
He'll summon me eventually, when the celebrations are over. Wait ten days, two weeks at the most...
Gabriel can’t help it. Each time he watches the Astronomical Clock strike the hour in the old town square in Prague, he sees his own death...
21m read
The paper posted on the peeling elevator wall featured a portrait of an old man with large glasses and pointed patches of shadow on his chin...
29m read
Ruth's mother leaned back in the rocker, her lipstick freshly applied, her purse on her lap, the tremor in her left hand constant...
26m read
The sun is rising on a full moon and an old man readies himself, as he does with every full moon, for the hardship that the day will bring...
15m read
My first time in the forest was before the child was born. I was freshly discharged from the army and had come to a picnic with two girlfriends from the service.
28m read Translated from Hebrew by Yaron Regev
"C'mon in," I say. "Thank you for coming. I'm Sol Gedenkenman. That's right, the one who called the funeral home. Yes, that's right, he was my uncle."
31m read
Mallory has better places to be. It’s not true—she’s an eighth grader with exactly nowhere to go...
10m read
The drawer was stuffed. When he tugged at the wooden knob, a fluff of velvet and satin bulged out...
