CLYD-W3500 American Jewish Literature: Home

This site contains a collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods. Full-text search is also available for all content published over the course of each newspaper’s publication.

The "North American" section includes important newspapers in various languages, many of which include literary serials and analysis.

The Oxford Bibliography to American Jewish Literature provides a comprehensive overview of major works in the field from the 16th century to the present day.

This very comprehensive two-volume work includes essays (some as long as 8000 words) on all notable figures in Holocaust literature. Literature in all languages is represented.

An online exhibition of materials from the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russian and East European Cutlure. It features photographs, personal documents, posters, original artworks, and books on the New York Russian Jewish immigrant community.

This collection documents the professional work of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Herman Wouk. The bulk of the papers are drafts of manuscripts and plays, including The Caine Mutiny, with many annotations and notes by the author. There is also correspondence between Wouk and his colleagues, in particular his brother, the noted scientist, Victor Wouk.

Manuscripts and galley proofs of Singer's work, including THE MANOR, THE SLAVE (in Yiddish), and SHORT FRIDAY.

Mirra Ginsburg (1909-2000) was born in Bobruisk, Russia (now Belarus). She attended schools in Russia, Latvia, Canada and the United States, where her family moved c. 1928. Throughout her long and prolific career, Mirra Ginsburg has worked as a researcher, freelance writer, editor, and translator from Russian and Yiddish. Despite the absense of any formal training, Mirra Ginsburg became a highly respected translator, an active member of professional associations, and a winner of numerous awards. Besides being a translator and editor of adult stories, anthologies and plays (including works of such authors as Singer, Platonov, Bulgakov, Remizov, Babel' and Dostoevsky), she was also recognized for her charming adaptations and siccinct translations of folktales for children.

The collection consists of the editorial and production archives of Random House, Inc. from its founding in 1925 to the present time. The correspondence and editorial files include many of the most important novelists and short story writers in American and European literature

The Lionel Trilling Papers document the life of author, professor, and literary critic, Lionel Trilling. This collection contains his writings, extensive correspondence with other New York intellectuals, personal documents, and other records concerning his professional activities.