For centuries fervently observant Jewish communities have produced thousands of works of Jewish law thought and spirituality. But in recent decades the literature of Americas Haredi ultraOrthodox community has taken on brandnew forms selfhelp books cookbooks monthly magazines parenting guides biographies picture books even adventure stories and spy novels all produced by Haredi men and women for the Haredi readership. Whats changed Why did these works appear and what do they mean to the community that produces and consumes them How has the Haredi world as it seeks fidelity to unchanging tradition so radically changed what it writes and what it reads In answering these questions Strictly Kosher Reading points to a central paradox in contemporary Haredi life.