Jewish Renaissance

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Jewish Renaissance is a quarterly cultural magazine founded in 2001, one of the expressions of the increasing self-confidence of British Jews in acknowledging and celebrating their cultural heritage.

The magazine focuses on the arts – visual arts and architecture, music, cinema, theatre and literature in Europe and in Israel – as well as on Jewish identity and relations with other cultures and religions. It is most noted for its community features. In each issue there is a 10-16 page illustrated feature on different community, drawing on historical material; contemporary interviews and the work of expert analysts. These have ranged from the Jews of Denmark to the Jews of Australia; from the Jews of China to the Jews of Argentina.

A founder member of Jewish Culture UK, an association of Jewish cultural providers, the magazine is independent and financed by subscriptions and advertising. It won the awards for the Best Non-Synagogue Magazine and for the Best Professional Article in the Board of Deputies of British Jews Awards in 2002 and in 2007 it was on a shortlist of three for the Periodical Publishers Association Independent Publishers Achievement Award.

Its mission is “To encourage and intensify the current renaissance in Jewish culture.”

Jewish Renaissance is published and edited by Janet Levin and chaired by Lionel Gordon, a former Chairman of The Jewish Chronicle. Notable individuals from the British Jewish Arts World sit on its editorial advisory board, including the actress Maureen Lipman and playwright Arnold Wesker.