Abstract: As the winner of the 1976 Nobel prize in literature, Jewish American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer, in his masterpiece The Magician of Lublin, tells a tale of the 17th Polish Jewish Yasha Mazaur’s initial failure in his pursuit of identity and his final redemption by way of conversion to Judaism. The geographical movement from Lublin to Warsaw coincides with the experiences of his identity crisis and ethical dilemma. The way from Lublin to Warsaw and then back to Lublin, however, symbolizes a journey of disenchantment and re-enchantment. Religious rituals extricate Yasha from the ethical dilemma. In Jewish Synagogue, a space of religious significance,Yasha finds redemption through the introspection of morality and reaffirms his ethical identity.

Key words: The Magician of Lublin, Yasha Mazaur, representation of space, identity crisis, ethical choice