July 29, 2010
There are very few poets — if any — who have attained the level of success of Joseph Brodsky. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991 to 1992. He received a John D. and Catherine T. … Continue reading
July 28, 2010
I am proud to announce that I’ve received a Beautiful Blogger Award from the Jewish Publication Society. In order to collect my award, I need to reveal seven little-known things about Jewish Literary Review and then pass the award on … Continue reading
July 22, 2010
A play imagining the relationship between Elie Wiesel and Bernie Maddoff began performances this week with one important change – the character that was supposed to be Elie Wiesel was no longer referred to as “Elie Wiesel.” Instead, the character … Continue reading
July 19, 2010
Franz Kafka once asked that his papers be destroyed after he died. Luckily, his friend and literary executor, Max Brod, ignored that request after Kafka’s death at age 40 in 1924 following a lengthy bout with tuberculosis. Indeed, many of … Continue reading
July 7, 2010
There are many reasons why you should know the name Anthony Julius. He earned the bulk of his fame for serving as Princess Diana’s divorce lawyer. He’s also the author of “T.S. Eliot, Anti-Semitism and Literary Form,” a well-received book … Continue reading
July 5, 2010
A rabbi found frozen in the freezer of a Memphis, Tenn., family is just the beginning of a rollicking, occasionally bizarre but satisfying plotline in Steve Stern‘s “The Frozen Rabbi.” The teenager who finds the rabbi, 15-year-old Bernie Karp, finds … 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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