February 29, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that a best-selling Belgian writer has admitted to fabricating her memoir of growing up as a Jewish child and living with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust. Here's more on the … Continue reading
February 28, 2008
My passion is Jewish writing but I’m also a political junkie. So, when I saw an opportunity to combine the two for a post on this blog, I jumped. Nick Antosca is tracking political contributions by writers on his blog. … Continue reading
February 26, 2008
Ha'Aretz posted a story yesterday about this year's winners of the Israel Prizes for Literature, Poetry and Translation. Ida Fink, pictured right, took home the prize for literature (actually, all of the winners will receive their prizes at a state … Continue reading
February 24, 2008
A few Jewish literary items from around the Web: • In today’s edition of The Independent, William Sutcliffe reviews Shalom Auslander’s “Foreskin’s Lament,” and says that “[i]f you wish Richard Dawkins could quip like David Sedaris, then this is the … Continue reading
February 21, 2008
In the March issue of The Atlantic, Christopher Hitchens reviews Gregor von Rezzori's Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, a newly reissued 1979 novel. Hitchens, who seemed to like the book, talked about how the irrationality of anti-Semitism took root in pre-WWII … Continue reading
February 19, 2008
A few interesting titles coming out in the next few months: • Cynthia Ozick has a new collection of four stories coming out in April called “Diction: A Quartet.” I’m already intrigued by the description of the title story. According … Continue reading
February 19, 2008
Here’s an article about an author I’ve been meaning to check out. Writing in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal, Rabbi David Wolpe says, “Joseph Epstein combines … Yankee brio with a Yiddish wit and an elegant erudition that recalls [Max] … Continue reading
February 18, 2008
There’s a lot going on in Jon Entine’s book, “Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People.” Entine, an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and author of “Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why … Continue reading
February 14, 2008
Earlier this week, the Jewish Book Council announced the winner of the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Lucette Lagnado, a former editor at the Forward and currently an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal, won the prize … Continue reading
February 14, 2008
Last month, I wrote a review of Ehud Havazelet’s “Bearing the Body.” I was so intrigued by the novel that I decided to follow up with the author to ask a few questions about how he writes and about the … 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.
In addition, I've written for several legal and business publications. At the moment, I work as SEO editor for an environmental news Web site.
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