This collection of short stories about a Jewish community in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula centers on two main characters, David Katz, the only Jewish boy in Red Jacket, and Richard Goldman, an ABD, All-But-Dissertation assistant professor, the only Jewish faculty member at Copper Country Community College. The interwoven stories of the main characters form a loose novel as both David Katz and Richard Goldman develop an awareness of their own ethnic identities. Each story (more…)