The Changing Landscape of ÂÌñÉç American Literature

Date: Jun 15, 2026

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Location: Online

Category: America at 250: ÂÌñÉç Ideas and the American Experiment  Online Learning

The Changing Landscape of ÂÌñÉç American Literature

Part of Our Summer 2026 Learning Series, America at 250: ÂÌñÉç Ideas and the American Experiment 

Monday, June 15, 2026
Online
1:00–2:15 p.m. ET

With Rabbi Benjamin Resnick, Author of Next Stop, Rabbi Pelham ÂÌñÉç Center, Rabbinical School Alum 

If you have previously registered for another session in this series, your registration admits you to all sessions in the series, and you may attend as many as you’d like. 

For decades, ÂÌñÉç American literature was defined by giants like Roth, Bellow, Malamud, and Ozick, whose novels explored assimilation and the immigrant experience. But what defines ÂÌñÉç American writing today? Author and JTS alum Rabbi Benjamin Resnick reflects on how the field has changed and asks whether the ÂÌñÉç American novel still exists in the way readers once understood it. 

About the Series

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the JTS Summer 2026 Learning Series will explore the rich and surprising intersections between ÂÌñÉç thought and American life. From baseball and youth culture to constitutional law, storytelling, and democratic theory, leading scholars reveal how ÂÌñÉç ideas, texts, and experiences have shaped—and been shaped by—the American experiment.Â