News and commentary posted in the Philosophy 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
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
December 9, 2010
Another installment in my series on Jewish history. Enjoy! Judah Halevi was a Jewish poet, philosopher and physician born in Spain in the latter part of the 11th century. He is a celebrated Hebrew poet, revered by many religious Israelis … Continue reading
November 12, 2010
The life of Moses Mendelssohn is notable for several reasons. As a Jew living in 18th century Germany, he had unusual access to the upper echelons of European society. He translated the Torah and other parts of the Bible into … Continue reading
February 5, 2008
Baruch Spinoza, pictured right, believed in the oneness of everything. (‘God or nature’ he called it.) But, as Allan Nadler recounts in this Forward review of David Ives’s play, “New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch Spinoza,” no singular version of … Continue reading
February 4, 2008
It's the classic love story, really. Nazi-sympathizer boy meets Jewish girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. Well, actually, the romance of Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt was a little more complicated than that. Presumably, Daniel Maier-Katkin … 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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