Nov

3 2025

JCC Jewish American Short Stories Course

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Jewish Cultural Center 1100 Berkshire Blvd. Suite 125
Wyomissing, PA

Contact Vicki Graff
6109210624
[email protected]

Register here.

 

John Incledon, retired professor from Albright College, will lead a short course on short stories of Jewish fiction. The course will meet on Mondays, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., October 20, 27, and November 3, 10, and 17.

 

There is no cost to take the course, but participants are expected to order and receive the text we’ll be using by the first class: American Jewish Fiction, ed. by Gerald Shapiro, University of Nebraska Press, 1999). Purchase on Amazon here. (it's out of print, so it's not available at Bookshop.org)

 

Authors covered include Abraham Cahan, Anzia Yesierska, Delmore Schwartz, Philip Roh, Bruce Jay Friedman, Isaac Beshevis Singer, Steve Stern, Melvin Jules Bukiet, Robin Hemley, Allegra Goodman, Michelle Herman.