January 31, 2008
For this month’s roundup of the best-selling Jewish books on Amazon, I found another new category. I discovered the “Hot New Releases” section of Amazon and decided to include it because I thought it had some interesting titles when I … Continue reading
January 30, 2008
Ehud Havazelet’s “Bearing the Body” is one of the most depressing, emotionally laden books I’ve ever read. And I mean that in a good way. Havazelet is a rare novelist. He can write about depression without sounding tired. He can … Continue reading
January 29, 2008
I guess that if you write a biography of one of the greatest literary critics of our time (pictured above), you have to be prepared for a close reading of your work. Richard M. Cook, author of “Alfred Kazin: A … Continue reading
January 28, 2008
Hats off to The New Republic's Ruth Franklin for taking me up on my plea for book reviewers to tell the full story of author Irène Némirovsky. Actually, I doubt Ms. Franklin read my previous blog posting on the subject … Continue reading
January 25, 2008
Writing in the Washington Post earlier this month, the eminent Jewish history professor Jonathan Sarna (pictured right) praised the PBS documentary “The Jewish Americans” for its depiction of Jews as people who landed on these shores a long, long time … Continue reading
January 24, 2008
Here are a few links to Jewish book news around the Web: • There is another new Holocaust memoir hitting bookstore shelves this week and it's getting high marks. William Grimes of the New York Times reviewed Cioma Schönhaus' "The … Continue reading
January 23, 2008
In Poland — where they have a law against accusing the nation of cooperating with Nazi or Communist war crimes — a Jewish historian who wrote about that country’s treatment of Jews after the Second World War is under investigation … Continue reading
January 22, 2008
Ok, so Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua gave a speech in Paris recently and he used a poor choice of words. But, seriously, do we need to turn it into an international incident? Actually, this isn’t the first time Yehoshua has … Continue reading
January 22, 2008
What happens when a literary critic writes a novel? How does he react to a bad review? Hopefully, Joshua Cohen won’t find out. The literary critic for the Forward has a new novel out (his fourth work of fiction) and … Continue reading
January 20, 2008
Man, it was big-time Jewish lit day in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. Today’s section included the following: • A review of Geraldine Brooks’ “People of the Book” • An essay on the history of Elie Wiesel’s “Night” … Continue reading
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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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