Jewish Literary Review

Monthly Archives: April 2008

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Jewish bestsellers: the April roundup

It’s been a while since we checked out the Jewish bestsellers on Amazon so I thought we’d take a gander at what’s selling. As usual, the books that make it into Amazon’s ‘Jewish’ categories can leave you scratching your head … Continue reading →

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Yiddish literary journal set to close

The Forward published a story last week about Heshbon, an esteemed Yiddish literary journal based in Los Angeles, which will most likely fold after celebrating its 150th issue last October. The 87-year-old editor, Moshe Shklar, told the Forward that health … Continue reading →

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Review: Good Neighbors, Bad Times

There's a good story out there about the history of Christian-Jewish relations in a small German village called “Benheim.” But, I'm not sure Mimi Schwartz captured it in her new book, “Good Neighbors, Bad Times.” Schwartz, a professor emerita at … Continue reading →

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Saul Friedlander wins the Pulitzer

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to Saul Friedländer for his book, "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945." Friedländer, who teaches history at the University of California at Los Angeles, survived the Holocaust by … Continue reading →

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Steve Pollak

A new Grace Paley poetry collection

In the New York Times Sunday Book Review section today, there was a review of “Fidelity,” a poetry collection by Grace Paley. Paley, one of the finest short story writers of her generation, died last summer at age 84. Mary … Continue reading →