The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel was destroyed in 1948. The novel is set in Sitka, which it depicts as a large, Yiddish-speaking metropolis.
“Every Messiah fails, writes Litvak, the moment he tries to redeem himself”
Source: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007), Chapter 38
Source: The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Source: The Yiddish Policemen's Union
