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Posted on December 26, 2011 by Steve Pollak

Spinoza and me

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

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Allegra Goodman in The New Yorker

Novelist Allegra Goodman (pictured right) wrote an essay for the most recent issue of The New Yorker that had me thinking about all the Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services I suffered through as a child. In her essay, Goodman … Continue reading

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem in The New Yorker

Michael Chabon wrote an essay for the March 10 edition of The New Yorker. In it, he talks about superhero costumes and the power they have to shape young people’s ideas of themselves. As Chabon explains in the essay, he … 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.

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