Jewish Renaissance
| Editor | Janet Levin |
|---|---|
| Categories | Jewish culture |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Renaissance Publishing Ltd |
| First issue | 2001 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk |
| ISSN | 1476–1769 |
Jewish Renaissance is a quarterly cultural magazine, founded in 2001, covering Jewish culture, arts and communities in Britain and beyond. It is published and edited by Janet Levin.
Scope and content
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. In each issue there is a 10–16 page illustrated feature on a different Jewish community around the world, drawing on historical material, contemporary interviews, and a cultural events listing, among other content.[1][2][3]
The magazine also contains in-depth interviews of people of interest from a Jewish historical or cultural viewpoint. For example, it interviewed Mike Leigh prior to the Royal National Theatre production of his 2005 play Two Thousand Years,[4] Glasgow artist Hannah Frank[5] and philanthropists Elizabeth Sackler of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation[6] and Nasser David Khalili.[7] The magazine published an interview with Helga Bejach, a Jewish child rescued on the kindertransport and subsequently adopted by the family of Richard and David Attenborough.[8] In July 2012, on the eve of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, it interviewed Israeli Paralympic rower Moran Samuel.[9]
The magazine also contains articles on such contemporary subjects as how the Jewish community is responding to climate change.[10]
Organisation
The magazine is independent and financed by subscriptions and advertising. It 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 who sit on its editorial advisory board include the actress Maureen Lipman; Director of the Wiener Library, Ben Barkow; City Editor of London's Daily Mail, Alex Brummer; and playwright Arnold Wesker.[11]
Awards
The magazine 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.
References
- ↑ "The Jews of Rome". Jewish Renaissance: pp. 14–22. October 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ "History of the Jews in Liverpool". Chicken Soup and Scouse. August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ "Jews of Jamaica: The art of Anna Ruth Henriques". kosherdelight.com. January 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ Zafer–Smith, Golda (October 2005). "Mike Leigh Comes Out". Jewish Renaissance (17): pp. 6–8. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ↑ Levin, Janet (Winter 2003). "Critical Acclaim about Hannah Frank: Article from Jewish Renaissance magazine". Hannah Frank: A Glasgow Artist 1908 – 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ↑ "The Matron of Feminist Art". The Social Enterprise. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "The Benefactor". The Social Enterprise. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ Brooks, Richard (30 November 2008). "The Attenborough Sisters who escaped Hitler". London: The Times. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ Price-Gibson, Eetta (July 2012). "Inspiration from Israel". Jewish Renaissance: pp.14–15. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ↑ "Green and Jewish". Jewish Renaissance. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ↑ "Who We Are". Jewish Renaissance. Retrieved 2 September 2012.