ESSAY
Translator, Commentator, Writer
By MICHAEL CARASIK
What do Edith Grossman and Rashi have in common? More than you might imagine.

ESSAY
On Being a Marginally Jewish Reader
By KEN GORDON
Taking a page from Sh'ma.

ESSAY
Writing His Way into History
By ADAM KIRSCH
The challenge of saying something new about Benjamin Disraeli.

POETRY
AngLit
By ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER
Hebrew poetry goes English.

ANTHOLOGY
Degenerate Café Conversation and Beyond
By SHEILA JELEN
Some serious shop talk.

FICTION
Parsing the Fire
By KEN GORDON
A.B. Yehoshua's Hanukkah narrative for adults.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Four Illuminating Holiday Books
By PENNY SCHWARTZ
What do mice, a bargain, an archeological dig, and haiku have in common? Why, the Festival of Lights. Of course!

ANTHOLOGY
Rabbi Harvey's Leaves
By STEVE SHEINKIN
Our cartoon rebbe gets a holiday present.

ESSAY
The Origins of Hanukka
By RABBI SHERWIN T. WINE
A story of human power.

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