Noah Pollak is an American

United States

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 political writer specializing in issues concerning foreign policy

Foreign policy

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, Israel

Israel

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, and the Jewish people.

Currently, Pollak is a regular contributor to the American publication Commentary Magazine. He also serves as the executive director of the Emergency Committee for Israel's Leadership. Pollak was formally an assistant editor of the Middle East Quarterly

Middle East Quarterly

Middle East Quarterly is a peer reviewed quarterly journal, a publication of the American conservative think tank Middle East Forum founded by Daniel Pipes in 1994. It is devoted to subjects relating to the Middle East and Islam and analyzes the region "explicitly from the viewpoint of American...

, a publication of the Middle East Forum

Middle East Forum

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.

For two years Pollak lived in Israel and served as the assistant editor of Azure

Azure (journal)

Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation is a quarterly journal published by the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel. Azure publishes new writing on issues relating to Jewish thought and identity, Zionism, and the State of Israel. It is published in both Hebrew and English, allowing for the exchange of...

 magazine published by the Jerusalem-based Shalem Center

Shalem Center

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. Pollak has also written for the National Review

National Review

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, the Wall Street Journal, and Haaretz.

Pollak graduated from the University of Vermont

University of Vermont

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 in 2003 with a degree in political science and English. He was formerly a MA student in international affairs at Yale University

Yale University

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, as well as a member of Yale's Jewish Society, Eliezer.

External links

• Video discussion/interview with Pollak on Bloggingheads.tv
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• Articles by Noah Pollak at Commentary
• Articles by Noah Pollak at Azure