November 16, 2007
Here are a few items from around the Web this week: • The New Jersey man accused of attacking Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel has been ordered to stand trial. • Sarah Kerr gives her take on Philip … Continue reading
November 15, 2007
He actually wrote it 28 years before he died. Back in 1979, Boston magazine asked Mailer and a few others to compose their own obituaries. As you might expect, Mailer made fun of himself, his critics and, of course, all … Continue reading
November 15, 2007
TSAR Publications, a Canadian press, has published a new collection of Peretz Markish’s poetry. For those who are not familiar, Markish had been one of the most popular Yiddish poets in the early part of the 20th century. He was … Continue reading
November 14, 2007
Christopher Hitchens recently spoke about Saul Bellow at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington D.C. As you’ll see in the video below, Hitchens reads aloud a disturbingly graphic passage from Bellow’s 1970 novel, Mr. Sammler’s Planet. Yes, it’s the … Continue reading
November 14, 2007
Daniel Mendelsohn received one of France’s top literary awards for “The Lost,” a book about Mendelsohn’s search for relatives who died in the Holocaust. Mendelsohn won the Prix Medicis in the foreign work category. “La Strategie des antilopes” (The Strategy … Continue reading
November 12, 2007
As you can see, I've decided to change the look of the site and add some significant improvements to the functionality. Visitors to this site can preview their comments, do more with RSS and even use pictures with their posts. … Continue reading
November 7, 2007
When asked about spirituality, many people like to say they don’t believe in any sort of “organized religion.” Ruth R. Wisse, however, understands why being organized is a good thing for the Jews. Her new book, “Jews and Power,” explores … Continue reading
November 5, 2007
Publishers Weekly reported today that Harpers preempted a new book by Dani Shapiro (pictured right) in which the author will “explore and understand the anxiety that has governed her life, in the process grappling with questions of faith, meaning and … Continue reading
November 1, 2007
The latest installment in the New Yiddish Library Series is Yehoshue Perle's “Everyday Jews: Scenes from a Vanished Life.” It's a book that was first appeared in Poland in 1935. Originally published in Yiddish, this is the first time it … Continue reading
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Jewish Literary Review.com is a blog that covers Jewish writing, philosophy, history and law. The site publishes book reviews, snippets of news about Jewish literature and the occasional author interview.
My name is Steven H. Pollak and I have written for the Baltimore Jewish Times, the Atlanta Jewish Times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and American Jewish Life magazine.
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