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December 27, 2010
If a writer’s success could be measured by the amount of street art they inspired, then Franz Kafka would certainly be near the top of the list. We were able to find Kafka street art and graffiti in the United … Continue reading
July 11, 2008
These links aren't necessarily about Shabbos but I thought they'd make for some good reading material over the weekend. Enjoy. • New fiction from Nathan Englander: the author writes his own family tree • Israeli cinema has finally come into … Continue reading
June 15, 2008
Some of you may have noticed that when I switched to my new blog design, my list of ‘favorite links’ and my blogroll disappeared. Well, I’m glad to say that they’ve been restored on my new and improved links page. … Continue reading
February 24, 2008
A few Jewish literary items from around the Web: • In today’s edition of The Independent, William Sutcliffe reviews Shalom Auslander’s “Foreskin’s Lament,” and says that “[i]f you wish Richard Dawkins could quip like David Sedaris, then this is the … Continue reading
February 7, 2008
Abraham Brumberg, a writer who specialized in Eastern European subjects, especially the treatment of Jews in the former Soviet bloc, died January 26 at his home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 81. The New York Times ran an obituary … Continue reading
January 7, 2008
Writing in the Sunday New York Times, journalist Jeffrey Goldberg reviews "Jihad and Jew-Hatred," a new book in which a German scholar, Matthias Küntzel, argues that Muslim anti-Semitism can be traced to a project of the Nazi Party. Here's more: … Continue reading
December 25, 2007
Who knew there would be so much Jewish book news on Christmas? I thought I was taking the day off for Chinese food and movies. Alas, a blog update beckons and here I am. Without further ado, here are a … Continue reading
December 21, 2007
A few recent Jewish book items from around the Web: Nextbook.org The Nextbook folks have unveiled their “best of” list for 2007. But, they let you know up front that this is no typical list: This is the time of … Continue reading
December 17, 2007
Here are a few recent Jewish book items from around the Web: Nextbook Author Diana Bletter wrote an article about Ron Leshem's “Beaufort,” a novel about Israeli soldiers fighting in Lebanon in the early 1980s. The Hebrew version of the … Continue reading
December 12, 2007
I'm skeptical of the hidden agenda suggested by this article in Ha'Aretz but you can judge for yourself. The piece suggests that the rise of bookstore chains (most notably Steimatzky's) has had a “massive impact” on Israeli literary tastes and … 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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