The Jewish Literary Journal aims to publish the best in creative writing that deals with Jewish themes and Jewish identity. Its purpose is to display works that would perhaps go unnoticed otherwise, that can deepen conversation, and continue the tradition of rich Jewish expression. The Jewish Literary Journal is the only online venue that publishes all genres of Jewish, creative writing on a regular basis. Find out more & subscribe by clicking anywhere on the JLJ logo above.

Saving Free Speech  – Thane Rosenbaum

A River Could Be A Tree  – Angela Himsel

My Mother’s Son  – David Hirshberg

My Jewish Year  – Abigail Pogrebin

The Pawnbroker – Edward Lewis Wallant

The Sea Beach Line  – Ben Nadler

Safekeeping  – Jessamyn Hope

The Book of Stone  – Jon Papernick

Compulsion  – Meyer Levin

Prayers for the Living  – Alan Cheuse

Fig Tree Books LLC  – Fredric Price

Fig Tree Books LLC publishes novels and non-fiction books (including memoirs) that chronicle the American Jewish experience. We do not publish sci-fi, YA, children’s, or poetry books.

We also publish Fig Tree Lit, our Newsletter; see above for the kind of content it contains, and sign up by visiting the menu bar.