In PsychoSemitic, Ellen Golub hosts the after-party for shtetl life with an outrageous sense of humor, crackling wit, and a collection of characters not seen since Sholem Aleichem. With a finely tuned ear for Jewish speakers, this novel is a breakthrough work of Yiddish fan fiction and a deeply revealing portrait of American Jewry told from the inside out. When the sacred and the secular come into conflict, you can begin to feel PsychoSemitic. That...