Ezra Cappell is Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Inter-American Jewish Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Henry Roth's First Novel: Call It Jewish?

2. Reflecting the World: Bernard Malamud's Post-Holocaust Judaism

3. Bellow's Short Fiction: Something Jewish To Remember Him By

4. Rebecca Goldstein: The Ethics of Second-Generation Witnessing

5. Four Questions for Allegra Goodman

6. Henry Roth's Second Novel: Mercy for a Rude Youth

Conclusion: The Future of Jewish Fiction in America

Appendix: An Interview with Rebecca Goldstein

Notes
Works Cited
Index