Jewish Review of Books

Jewish Review of Books
EditorAbraham Socher
FrequencyQuarterly
Founded2010
CountryUnited States
Based inCleveland Heights, Ohio
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.jewishreviewofbooks.com
ISSN2153-1978

The Jewish Review of Books is a quarterly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs from a Jewish perspective. It is published in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.[1]

The magazine was launched in 2010 with an editorial board that included Michael Walzer and Ruth Wisse, Shlomo Avineri, Ruth Gavison,[2] and other prominent Jewish thinkers.[3] The editor is Abraham Socher.[3][4] The initial press run was 30,000 copies.[5][6] According to The Jewish Week, the JRB is "unabashedly" modeled after the venerable New York Review of Books.[5] Harvey Pekar and Tara Seibel collaborated on comic strips for the first two issues of the magazine.[7]

The magazine was initially funded by the Tikvah Fund, founded by Zalman Bernstein.[3][5] In 2022, the publication separated from the Tikvah Fund and is now run independently under the non-profit Jewish Review of Books Foundation, chaired by Jehuda Reinharz, with the Mandel Foundation providing the majority of the funding.[8]

Contributors have included Robert Alter, Elisheva Carlebach, David Ellenson, Daniel Gordis, Moshe Halbertal, Shai Held, Susannah Heschel, Dara Horn, Adam Kirsch, Jonathan Sacks, Haym Soloveitchik, David Wolpe, and Steven Zipperstein.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Contact us". Jewish Review of Books. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Allan, Arkush (August 17, 2020). "Ruth Gavison, 1945–2020". Jewish Review of Books.
  3. ^ a b c Smith, Jordan Michael, "A Jewish Journal of Ideas Is Born", The Forward, February 10, 2010 (issue of February 19, 2010).
  4. ^ Oppenheimer, Mark (October 23, 2010). "Adding More Jewish Voices to the Discussion". New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
  5. ^ a b c Herschthal, Eric (February 25, 2010). "Can New Journal Find Its Niche?". Jewish Telegraphic Agency-NY Jewish Week. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jewish Review of Books Launched With Foundation Funding". eJewish Philanthropy. February 26, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Last Days Of Harvey Pekar". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 20, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Sales, Ben (February 11, 2022). "Jewish Review of Books goes independent". eJewish Philanthropy. Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  9. ^ "Authors". Jewish Review of Books. Retrieved October 26, 2022.