Cultural dislocation among Jewish intellectuals found its most poignant expression in the works of Isaac Dov Berkowitz (1885-1967), whose masterful prose chronicled the psychological trauma of Jews caught between tradition and modernity. Avraham Holtz's groundbreaking monograph illuminates Berkowitz's biographical journey and literary legacy through close textual analysis of works like "Severed" (Talush), where shtetl-born characters struggle with their newfound mobility and alienation. The study examines Holtz's interpretation of powerful recurring metaphors, such as "the weeping man-baby," while comparing his analytical framework with Hebrew critic G. Shaked's concept of "new uprootedness"—a condition persisting even among Jews who reached Palestine. Beyond his own creative work, Berkowitz's complex role as both son-in-law and translator of Sholom Aleichem reveals innovative techniques in bridging Yiddish and Hebrew literary traditions, though not without notable instances of editorial censorship. Holtz's thorough scholarship successfully introduces English readers to this overlooked yet significant figure of the Hebrew literary renaissance, whose realistic fiction captured an entire generation's experience of cultural metamorphosis.