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'''''Jewish Quarterly''''' is a UK literary and cultural [[magazine]], published 4 times a year. It focuses on issue of [[Jewish culture|Jewish concern]], but also has interests in wider culture and politics.
Once a UK literary and cultural magazine, The Jewish Quarterly is now an internationally distributed publication, featuring leading writers and thinkers from around the world.

After sixty-seven years as the leading British Jewish journal of ideas and culture, in 2021, The Jewish Quarterly has been relaunched by Australian publisher, Morry Schwartz, for international distribution.<ref>https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199</ref>

With the intention to investigate rather than advocate, each issue clarifies complex issues of Jewish and wider socio-political interest with an open mind; offering readers a more nuanced and deeper understanding.

Published 4 times a year, The Jewish Quarterly is now edited by Jonathan Pearlman, the Australian-based editor at the helm of one of Schwartz’s other publications, Australian Foreign Affairs. There are also three European consulting editors involved in the publication: Ian Black, formerly Middle East specialist on the Guardian; award-winning writer and translator Natasha Lehrer, based in Paris; and London-based journalist, Jo Glanville, editor of a new book of essays on antisemitism, Looking For An Enemy, to be published by Short Books next spring <ref>https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199</ref>.



==History and profile==
==History and profile==
''Jewish Quarterly'' was founded by Jacob Sonntag in 1953 and has published continuously since. Recent editors have included Matthew Reisz and Elena Lappin and the forthcoming acting editor, [[Rachel Shabi]].
The Jewish Quarterly was founded by Jacob Sonntag in 1953 and was published continuously through to its last issue in early 2019, before its international regeneration by Australian publisher, Morry Schwartz.


In 1974, Sonntag described the ''Jewish Quarterly'':<ref>{{cite book
In 1974, Sonntag described the ''Jewish Quarterly'':<ref>{{cite book
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| text=If I were asked how I envisaged ''The Jewish Quarterly'' when I started it more than twenty years ago, I would say that it was to cultivate literary journalism in the best tradition of Central and Eastern Europe and, in particular, in the best tradition of Eastern European Jewish writing ... I belong to the generation which looked for a synthesis between our Jewishness and our Europeanism, between our nationalism and our socialism, between the particular and the universal ... Part of our upbringing was to revere the printed word, to adorn it with a power of its own. How could truth and reason not prevail'? It was just a question of finding the right word, the right combination of words, and everything else would follow from it. Literature was a living thing for us, and the world of books knew no boundaries. We cherished the illusion that "you have only to will it and your dreams would cease to be fairy tales' ... We felt as a collective, we had a sense of community, we felt called upon to add a link to the 'golden chain', handed to us by an earlier generation.
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Reviving the Jewish Quarterly in 2021, Morry Schwartz has stated his intention to incorporate Sontag’s original vision for the publication, namely, bringing the spirit of the East European Jewish intellectual to the UK. Yet at the same time, while maintaining its British roots, the revived JQ will be comprised of international contributions; it will be internationally accessible, current and contemporary.
''Jewish Quarterly'' sponsors the annual [[Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Literary Prize]].

From 2021 onwards, each issue The Jewish Quarterly has a theme, with at least half of the contributors adhering to that theme.

When asked about his inspiration for reviving JQ, Schwartz could summarise his myriad reasons and explanations in one simple line:

“After all, we are the people of the book” <ref>https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199</ref>.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
– [https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199 Frazer, Jenni (2020). “The media investor relaunching the Jewish Quarterly: Australian publisher Morry Schwartz wants to give the magazine an international remit.” The Jewish Chronicle, ]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914220641/https://www.jewishquarterly.org/ |date=September 14, 2019 |title=Official website}}

* [https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjeq20/current/ ''Jewish Quarterly''] at [[Taylor & Francis]]
– [http://jewishquarterly.com jewishquarterly.com]


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Revision as of 01:39, 28 April 2021

Once a UK literary and cultural magazine, The Jewish Quarterly is now an internationally distributed publication, featuring leading writers and thinkers from around the world.

After sixty-seven years as the leading British Jewish journal of ideas and culture, in 2021, The Jewish Quarterly has been relaunched by Australian publisher, Morry Schwartz, for international distribution.[1]

With the intention to investigate rather than advocate, each issue clarifies complex issues of Jewish and wider socio-political interest with an open mind; offering readers a more nuanced and deeper understanding.

Published 4 times a year, The Jewish Quarterly is now edited by Jonathan Pearlman, the Australian-based editor at the helm of one of Schwartz’s other publications, Australian Foreign Affairs. There are also three European consulting editors involved in the publication: Ian Black, formerly Middle East specialist on the Guardian; award-winning writer and translator Natasha Lehrer, based in Paris; and London-based journalist, Jo Glanville, editor of a new book of essays on antisemitism, Looking For An Enemy, to be published by Short Books next spring [2].


History and profile

The Jewish Quarterly was founded by Jacob Sonntag in 1953 and was published continuously through to its last issue in early 2019, before its international regeneration by Australian publisher, Morry Schwartz.

In 1974, Sonntag described the Jewish Quarterly:[3]

If I were asked how I envisaged The Jewish Quarterly when I started it more than twenty years ago, I would say that it was to cultivate literary journalism in the best tradition of Central and Eastern Europe and, in particular, in the best tradition of Eastern European Jewish writing.

— Jacob Sonntag

Reviving the Jewish Quarterly in 2021, Morry Schwartz has stated his intention to incorporate Sontag’s original vision for the publication, namely, bringing the spirit of the East European Jewish intellectual to the UK. Yet at the same time, while maintaining its British roots, the revived JQ will be comprised of international contributions; it will be internationally accessible, current and contemporary.

From 2021 onwards, each issue The Jewish Quarterly has a theme, with at least half of the contributors adhering to that theme.

When asked about his inspiration for reviving JQ, Schwartz could summarise his myriad reasons and explanations in one simple line:

“After all, we are the people of the book” [4].

  1. ^ https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199
  2. ^ https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199
  3. ^ Lehrer, Natasha (2003). The Golden Chain: Fifty Years of the Jewish Quarterly: Fifty Years of Modern Jewish Writing. Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd. ISBN 978-0853034803.
  4. ^ https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/the-media-investor-relaunching-the-jq-1.509199

Frazer, Jenni (2020). “The media investor relaunching the Jewish Quarterly: Australian publisher Morry Schwartz wants to give the magazine an international remit.” The Jewish Chronicle,

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