News and commentary posted in the Politics section of Jewish Literary Review.
October 18, 2010
There was a pretty remarkable piece in The Forward last week about how the arguably anti-Semitic remarks of French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard may not mean much to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which intends to bestow an … Continue reading
October 15, 2010
I used to read Commentary more often but it seems like almost all of their articles are behind a paywall these days. That’s a shame for me because I’m interested in lots of stuff they write about but I’m too … Continue reading
October 8, 2010
Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel spoke with White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod at the 92nd Street Y on Wednesday night and the talk received some significant press coverage. Over on Politico, reporter Ben Smith described how the two mused over … Continue reading
March 31, 2009
I just finished reading a disturbing first-person piece on JTA’s Web site about how a production of “Fiddler On The Roof” seems to both incite and inspire the people of Venezuela. Its effect seems to be dependent on your view … Continue reading
July 18, 2008
In the video clip below, HaAretz columnist Ari Shavit and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg discuss Israel at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The talk was moderated by The Atlantic's editor, James Bennet. If you like what you see and hear, you … Continue reading
June 6, 2008
Niall Ferguson, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, wrote an interesting review for The Times Literary Supplement of Jeremi Suri's recent book, “Henry Kissinger and the American Century.” Early on in the piece, Ferguson makes the … Continue reading
June 4, 2008
I just finished reading Jeffrey Goldberg’s interviews with Barack Obama and John McCain. And while I enjoyed reading about the two presidential candidates’ policies regarding Israel, Iran and the Middle East in general, I was amused by their differing stances … Continue reading
May 28, 2008
Doubleday recently acquired world English rights to Norman Podhoretz’s forthcoming book, “Why Jews Are Liberals.” Podhoretz, the prominent neoconservative thinker who served as editor-in-chief of Commentary magazine from 1960 through 1995 and continues to serve as the magazine’s editor-at-large, has … Continue reading
February 28, 2008
My passion is Jewish writing but I’m also a political junkie. So, when I saw an opportunity to combine the two for a post on this blog, I jumped. Nick Antosca is tracking political contributions by writers on his blog. … Continue reading
December 5, 2007
Bradford R. Pilcher sure isn’t. In a scathing essay published in this month’s edition of American Jewish Life, Pilcher takes Foxman and the Anti-Defamation League to task for their hypocritical treatment of the genocide committed by the Turks against the … 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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