Seven fiction writers, all American Jewish women, tackle a highly disputed literary question: What makes a work of fiction Jewish? Their replies are fascinating.

At its core, People Love Dead Jews is a meditation on time and identity in which Horn ultimately reasserts the vitality of Jewish life.

This essay is excerpted and adapted from People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present.

This richly imaginative novel opens in present-day New York City after Rachel—the eternal wife and mother—loses her most recent husband.

Remembrances from longtime writers and contributors to Hadassah Magazine, including covering the miraculous operations that brought Jews from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia to Israel.