Jewish Renaissance

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Jewish Renaissance
ISSN
1476-1769

Jewish Renaissance is a quarterly cultural magazine, founded in October 2001,[1][2] covering Jewish culture, arts and communities in Britain and beyond. It is edited by Rebecca Taylor, a former News Editor at Time Out London.[3]

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 (now called Passport) on a different Jewish community around the world, drawing on historical material, contemporary interviews, and a cultural events listing, among other content.[4][5] The October 2012 issue, for instance, looked at the Jewish community in Brazil,[6] in January 2014, Jews in Kraków, Poland,[7][8] in April 2016, the community in Brighton[9] and, in July 2017, the Jews of Gibraltar.[10]

The magazine also contains in-depth interviews of people of interest from a Jewish historical or cultural viewpoint. For example, it interviewed

2012 Paralympic Games in London, it interviewed Israeli Paralympic rower Moran Samuel. In October 2013 it interviewed Dame Vivien Duffield.[13] It interviewed violinist Irmina Trynkos in January 2015[16] and author Howard Jacobson in January 2016.[17] In January 2017 the magazine interviewed British surgeon and cochlear implant pioneer Ellis Douek.[18]

Organisation

The magazine is independent and is financed by subscriptions, advertising and grant funding. It is published by Renaissance Publishing, a

Wiener Library; and Alex Brummer, City Editor of UK national newspaper the Daily Mail; the music historian David Conway is a member of the editorial committee. David Dangoor is the organisation's President.[21]

References

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  2. ^ "Jewish renaissance: magazine of Jewish culture". Stanford University Libraries. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 Festival: Bright Star in a Dark Chamber". Jewish Book Week. 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ^ "History of the Jews in Liverpool". Chicken Soup and Scouse. August 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Jews of Jamaica: The art of Anna Ruth Henriques" (PDF). kosherdelight.com. January 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Brazil 2016 – JR's Jewish connection" (PDF). Jewish Renaissance. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Jewish Krakow and a Reflection on Jewish Places". Jewish Heritage Europe. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. ^ "JCC Krakow in UK's Jewish Renaissance magazine". Jewish Community Centre of Kraków. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Jewish Renaissance Brighton issue April 2016". Press mentions. Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. ^ Taylor, Rebecca (13 July 2017). "Life on The Rock: Meet Gibraltar's Jewish community". Jewish News. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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  12. ^ Levin, Janet (Winter 2003). "Critical Acclaim about Hannah Frank: Article from Jewish Renaissance magazine". Hannah Frank: A Glasgow Artist 1908–2008. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  13. ^ a b Russell, David (8 October 2013). "Dame Vivien". The Social Enterprise. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  14. ^ Russell, David (23 October 2011). "The Benefactor". The Social Enterprise. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  15. ^ Brooks, Richard (30 November 2008). "The Attenborough Sisters who escaped Hitler". The Times. London. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  16. ^ Levin, Janet (January 2015). "Taking strings to heart" (PDF). Jewish Renaissance: 48. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  17. ^ Herman, Judi (January 2016). "Meet Shylock – the single dad" (PDF). Jewish Renaissance: 18–19. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Jewish Renaissance features SVUK interview with Ellis Douek". Sephardi Voices. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  19. ^ "1152871 – Renaissance Publishing". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Arts expert named new head of quarterly Jewish magazine". Jewish News. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  21. ^ "Jewish Leadership Council Appoints New Vice Presidents" (Press release). Jewish Leadership Council. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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