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Posted on November 10, 2010 by Steve Pollak

Amazon’s top 100: The best Jewish picks

The editors at Amazon recently unveiled their picks for the top 100 books of 2010. Here are some of the Jewish books and authors we saw on the list (along with the praise from from Amazon’s reviews): 8. To The … Continue reading →

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Steve Pollak

Schedule announced for Jewish Book Week 2008

Even though I write in English, this blog gets very few visitors from England. In fact, in the five or so months I’ve been posting regularly, I’ve received fewer than 100 visits from United Kingdom (according to my Google Analytics … Continue reading →

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Steve Pollak

Review: ‘Away’ by Amy Bloom

Lillian Leyb, the main character in Amy Bloom’s new novel, “Away,” saw most of her family murdered in a pogrom. She leaves Russia for New York’s Lower East Side where she ekes out a living as a seamstress before she … Continue reading →