News and commentary posted in the Essays section of Jewish Literary Review.
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
June 11, 2008
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
March 5, 2008
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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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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