News and commentary posted in the Literary Awards section of Jewish Literary Review.
January 12, 2011
The Jewish Book Council announced the winners of the 2010 National Jewish Book Awards yesterday. This year’s big prize went to Gal Beckerman for his well-received book on the history of the Soviet Jewry movement, When They Come For Us, … Continue reading
October 14, 2010
I’d be remiss if I did not stop to mention that Howard Jacobson has won Britain’s most prestigious literary award, the Man Booker Prize. Jacobson took home the award for The Finkler Question, a book about three old friends who … Continue reading
October 7, 2010
The U.K.-based website Ladbrokes is listing the odds for who will win the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. The prize will be announced early this morning (before I wake up). As of Wednesday night, the odds on favorite to win … 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
April 20, 2009
For fans of Jewish books, it was slim pickens among the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners announced today. However, among the finalists for the prizes (they were announced today also), there was one book that caught my eye as something we … Continue reading
April 7, 2009
Not this looks like it’s going to be a big deal. On Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 7 p.m., Queens College will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the work of Philip Roth. In addition to Mr. Roth, other featured … Continue reading
March 30, 2009
The Jewish Book Council has announced this year's winner of the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Sana Krasikov won the award for her 2008 short story debut, “One More Year: Stories.” According to the Jewish Book Council press … Continue reading
April 7, 2008
The 2008 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to Saul Friedländer for his book, "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945." Friedländer, who teaches history at the University of California at Los Angeles, survived the Holocaust by … Continue reading
February 26, 2008
Ha'Aretz posted a story yesterday about this year's winners of the Israel Prizes for Literature, Poetry and Translation. Ida Fink, pictured right, took home the prize for literature (actually, all of the winners will receive their prizes at a state … Continue reading
February 12, 2008
The Jewish Book Council just announced the winner of the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Lucette Lagnado won the award for her 2007 memoir, “The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to … 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.
In addition, I've written for several legal and business publications. At the moment, I work as SEO editor for an environmental news Web site.
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