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This anthology contains 18 splendid Jewish stories, each translated into English from a different language. These compelling, humorous, and moving stories, written by eminent authors that include Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Isaac Babel, and Lili Berger, reflect both the diversities and the commonalities within Jewish culture, and will make you laugh, cry, and think and are enjoyable for readers of all backgrounds.

"The first anthology of its kind in our century, 18 Jewish Stories, edited by Nora Gold, traces the borders of contemporary Jewish literature. The multilingualism at the root of this volume is evident not only in its eighteen different source languages, but in that many of these languages are themselves permeated by other languages (often Hebrew and Yiddish, but not only). Setting aside any presumption to define the elusive Jewish condition, one issue proves to thread through many of the stories-that of belonging. However, given the scope of this anthology, the question of belonging is not limited to a place, a family, even a nation. It encompasses belonging in language, to language, and through language." —Lital Abazon, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies