The celebrated author of “The Metamorphosis” had a lifelong interest in Jewish ideas, especially Yiddish theater. (JTA) – Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theater, fell in love with his ...

Social media is turning the enigmatic Jewish writer into a shallow meme, writes the author of a new novel based on his work. The writer Franz Kafka died 100 years ago on June 3, 1924, one month ...

Jewish writers and philosophers in the German tradition from Mendelssohn and Herz to Freud, Benjamin, Kafka and contemporary authors such as Dischereit, Biller, and Behrens; post-WWII Jewish ...

His research treats modern German literature and culture, the entanglement of German and Jewish intellectual traditions, and the relationship between literature and philosophy. He is completing a book ...

For the weary insurance salesman, Mahler’s music was simply too loud. Though Kafka possessed acute hearing, he did not have ...