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Jewish Quarterly is a UK literary and cultural magazine, published 4 times a year. It focusses on issue of Jewish concern, but also has interests in wider culture and politics. It was founded by Jacob Sonntag in 1955 and has published continuously since then. Recent editors have included Matthew Reisz and Elena Lappin and the current editor, Rachel Lasserson. |
Jewish Quarterly is a UK literary and cultural magazine, published 4 times a year. It focusses on issue of Jewish concern, but also has interests in wider culture and politics. It was founded by Jacob Sonntag in 1955 and has published continuously since then. Recent editors have included Matthew Reisz and Elena Lappin and the current editor, Rachel Lasserson. |
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In 1974 Sonntag described the Jewish Quarterly: |
In 1974 Sonntag described the Jewish Quarterly: |
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If I were asked how I envisaged The Jewish Quarterly when I |
''If I were asked how I envisaged The Jewish Quarterly when I |
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started it more than twenty years ago, I would say that it was |
started it more than twenty years ago, I would say that it was |
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to cultivate literary journalism in the best tradition of Central |
to cultivate literary journalism in the best tradition of Central |
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dreams would cease to be fairy tales' ... We felt as a collective, |
dreams would cease to be fairy tales' ... We felt as a collective, |
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we had a sense of community, we felt called upon to add a link to |
we had a sense of community, we felt called upon to add a link to |
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the 'golden chain', handed to us by an earlier generation. |
the 'golden chain', handed to us by an earlier generation.'' |
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The Jewish Quarterly sponsors the annual Wingate Literary Prize |
The Jewish Quarterly sponsors the annual [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Quarterly-Wingate_Literary_Prize|Wingate Literary Prize]] |
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Jewish Quarterly is a UK literary and cultural magazine, published 4 times a year. It focusses on issue of Jewish concern, but also has interests in wider culture and politics. It was founded by Jacob Sonntag in 1955 and has published continuously since then. Recent editors have included Matthew Reisz and Elena Lappin and the current editor, Rachel Lasserson.
In 1974 Sonntag described the Jewish Quarterly:
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.
The Jewish Quarterly sponsors the annual [Literary Prize]