Jewish literary traditions -- Jewish life in America -- Modern Jewish American literature: a brief history -- Anti semitism, the holocaust, and the state of Israel -- Abraham Cahan, The rise of David Levinsky (1917) -- Anzia Yezierska, Bread givers (1925) -- Michael Gold, Jews without money (1930) -- Henry Roth, Call it sleep (1934) -- Meyer Levin, The old bunch (1937) -- Saul Bellow, The adventures of Augie March (1953) -- Bernard Malamud, The assistant (1957) -- Chiam Potok, The chosen (1967) -- Philip Roth, Portnoy's complaint (1969) -- Cynthia Ozick, The messiah of Stockholm (1987)