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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}'''Jewish American literature''' holds an essential place in the [[American literature|literary history of the United States]]. It encompasses traditions of writing in [[American English|English]], primarily, as well as in other languages, the most important of which has been [[Yiddish literature|Yiddish]]. While critics and authors generally acknowledge the notion of a distinctive corpus and practice of writing about [[American Jews|Jewishness in America]], many writers resist being pigeonholed as 'Jewish voices'. Also, many nominally jewish writers cannot be considered representative of Jewish American literature, one example is Isaac Asimov.
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Jewish American literature holds an essential place in the literary history of the United States. It encompasses traditions of writing in English, primarily, as well as in other languages, the most important of which has been Yiddish. While critics and authors generally acknowledge the notion of a distinctive corpus and practice of writing about Jewishness in America, many writers resist being pigeonholed as 'Jewish voices'. Also, many nominally jewish writers cannot be considered representative of Jewish American literature, one example is Isaac Asimov.