Noah Pollak
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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
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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
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, a publication of the 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
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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.

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