Scribblers On the Roof Paperback by Melvin Jules Bukiet;David G Roskies

Product Details

• Publisher: Persea Books (2006-06-27)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 352 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780892553266
• Item Weight: 331.13 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

The first American Jewish anthology in a decade to include both established masters and the newest generation of gifted storytellers.

The authors gathered here represent contemporary American Jewish fiction at its best. Drawn from the renowned rooftop reading series at Ansche Chesed, a synagogue on the Upper West Side in New York City, Scribblers on the Roof brings together revered masters, such as Cynthia Ozick, Lore Segal, and Max Apple, with gifted newcomers, including Pearl Abraham, Jon Papernick, and Dara Horn. Whether set in New York, Jerusalem, Moscow, or in Paradise, their stories—funny, tragic, sensuous, surprising—sparkle with originality, vitality, and chutzpah. 

Among the other contributors are Jonathan Ames, Myra Goldberg, Ken Kalfus, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Jonathan Levi, Mary Morris, Sonia Pilcer, Jonathan Rosen, Norma Rosen, Lucy Rosenthal, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Steve Stern, and Aryeh Lev Stollman.

About the Author

Melvin Jules Bukiet is the author of Strange Fire and five other books of fiction and the editor of two previous anthologies. He is on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College. 

David G. Roskies is professor of Yiddish literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling and editor-in-chief of the New Yiddish Library.