Cats prowl through Jewish literature as profound metaphors for existential struggle, revealing deep tensions between assimilation and authenticity in modern Jewish consciousness. Through textual analysis and comparative literary criticism, three influential authors—S.Y. Agnon, Eugene Ionesco, and Franz Kafka—deploy feline characters to navigate complex questions of identity and belonging. In Agnon's "My Bird," the cat emerges as an innocent scapegoat, embodying the destructive false dichotomy between good and evil that ultimately consumes both protector and accused. Ionesco's "The King is Dying" features a "Jewish cat" whose neurotic displacement and spiritual over-refinement lead to its demise, unable to reconcile idealistic human values with natural instincts. Kafka's hybrid "half little cat, half lamb" creature manifests inherited ambivalence and the irreconcilable contradictions within modern Jewish identity. These authors' use of feline imagery illuminates broader themes of alienation, inherited burden, and humanity's problematic attempts to domesticate and spiritualize the natural world. The findings demonstrate how literary cats serve as sophisticated vehicles for exploring the existential challenges that characterize modern Jewish experience.