A unique volume of extended essays which for the first time provides a 
collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of 
Holocaust survivors and their offspring in the context of the Jewish 
resort culture of the Catskills.  Themes are nostalgia, humor, loss, and 
sexuality.  Contributors include Jake Ehrenreich, Nobel Laureate Isaac 
Bashevis Singer, Professor/ Rabbi and Academy Award winner Michael 
Berenbaum, Pulitzer Prize Winners Joseph Berger and Art Spiegelman, NYU 
Professor Thane Rosenbaum and others. 
"Summer Haven brilliantly captures a crucial part of the legacy of 
Jewish life in America.”

— Victoria Aarons, Distinguished Professor of Literature, Trinity 
University