December 26, 2011
It’s amazing how much things can change over the years. This morning, I came across a blog post I wrote in the beginning of 2008. In it, I talked about how I struggled to understand Spinoza’s Ethics and that until … Continue reading
October 31, 2011
At first glance, the thought of reading a biography of David Ben-Gurion written by Shimon Peres may seem like a waste of time. After all, Peres considers Ben-Gurion his hero and mentor so you can’t expect any sort of objective … Continue reading
October 26, 2011
The interest in certain topics of history seems to be endless. Jerusalem is one of them. The oldest part of the city was settled around 4,000 BCE. Three of the world’s most dominant religions consider it a holy place. It … Continue reading
October 25, 2011
The New York Review of Books published the second of a two-part series that excerpted a lecture given by Saul Bellow in 1988 on being a Jewish writer in America. As you may expect, there’s a lot to chew on … Continue reading
October 24, 2011
A new book on Ariel Sharon, written by his son, Gilad, will appear in English and Hebrew tomorrow. According to a story in Ha’Aretz, Gilad Sharon has been working on the book, titled Sharon: The Life of a Leader, for … Continue reading
October 19, 2011
Here’s a sampling of articles and essays about the release of Gilad Shalit: Bradley Burston in Ha’Aretz writes about why the deal was worth it. Alon Pinkas writes about the conflicting values behind the Shalit deal. Michael Weiss writes about … Continue reading
October 18, 2011
The New York Review of Books has published for the first time excerpts from a talk given in 1988 by Saul Bellow. It is, as you may expect, a very nuanced speech that catalogs Bellow’s thoughts on being a Jew, … Continue reading
October 17, 2011
The annual books issue of 614: the HBI ezine is out now and this year it features conversations with five Jewish fiction authors. First there’s Alyson Richman who wrote The Lost Wife, a novel about a couple who are reunited … Continue reading
October 12, 2011
The Israel Defense Force’s crossing of the Suez Canal during the Yom Kippur War has received a new treatment in a recently-published Hebrew language book by Amiram Ezov. The book, Tzliha: Shishim Sha’ot Be’Oktober 1973 (Crossing: Sixty Hours in October 1973), … Continue reading
October 11, 2011
I would be remiss if I did not mark the passing of Emanuel Litvinoff, a Jewish poet who publicly rebuked T.S. Eliot’s anti-Semitism in 1951. Litvinoff, who lived in London, died late last month at the age of 96. Margalit … 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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