Growing Up Jewish

by Adler, Bill; David, Jay

• ISBN13: 9780380730193
• ISBN10: 0380730197
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Avon Books

Summary

Twenty-five Jewish writers celebrate their heritage in fiction and essays about childhood in America, from the 19th century to the present. Contributors include Grace Paley, Philip Roth, Edna Ferber, Chaim Potok, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Allan Sherman, Cynthia Ozick, and Michael Chabon.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
"America and I"	p. 3
From A Peculiar Treasure	p. 15
From Life Size	p. 31
From Lieutenant Birnbaum: A Soldier's Story	p. 41
From Preposterous Papa	p. 49
"Let God Worry a Little Bit"	p. 55
"The Loudest Voice" from The Little Disturbances of Man	p. 63
From A Gift of Laughter	p. 71
"Spells, Wishes, Goldfish, Old School Hurts"	p. 75
"Children of Joy" from Rites of Passage	p. 83
From The Facts: A Novelist's Autobiography	p. 93
From And the Bridge Is Love	p. 105
From Generation Without Memory	p. 115
"The Middle Classes"	p. 117
"The High Holy Days" from Deborah, Golda, and Me: Being Female and Jewish in America	p. 131
From An Orphan in History	p. 143
"The Grandfather Without a Memory"	p. 149
From The Search for God at Harvard	p. 157
From The Chosen	p. 165
From Roommates: My Grandfather's Story	p. 177
"Battles and Celebrations" from Bronx Primitive	p. 183
From Family	p. 193
"Where Is It Written?"	p. 205
"The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish" from Strange Attractors	p. 221
"The Lost World" from A Model World and Other Stories	p. 231
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