This print by the renowned Turkish illustrator, Gürbüz D. Eksioglu, accompanied “The Gilgul of Park Avenue” when it was first published in the March 1999 issue of The Atlantic. It recalls the very first paragraph of Englander’s story:

The Jewish day begins in the calm of evening, when it won’t shock the system with its arrival. That was when, three stars visible in the Manhattan sky and a new day fallen, Charles Morton Luger understood that he was the bearer of a Jewish soul.

Suggested Activity: Before showing students Eksioglu’s illustration, ask them to consider what part of the story they would choose to depict if hired to create an illustration which would accompany it in a major magazine. (For a more extensive assignment, have students actually create illustrations.) Then, ask students to consider why Eksioglu might have focused upon this moment in the story for his illustration. Do they feel that the image, with its particular style and perspective, represents the story well? What might the three stars in the backseat window, already present in the night sky, represent?