New Palestine (magazine)

The New Palestine magazine was founded in December 1919.[1][2] beginning as a weekly[3][4] then as bi-weekly, published in New York.[4] It was the official organ of the ZOA.[3][5][6]

It was a four-page publication.[2] Its first issue in January 1920 read: "For the Restoration and up-building of a Jewish Palestine."[1]

From Center for Jewish History:[5] A bi-weekly devoted to Jewish affairs. Managing editor: Isidore Cooperman; editorial writer: Ludwig Lewisohn. While the exposition of the Zionist philosphy is its principal task, it is not a narrow propaganda organ. Literary and semi-scholarly contributions have made it a journal of wide appeal.

It evolved from The Maccabean-magazine by Louis Lipsky[7] and Meyer Wolf Weisgal[8][9] whose under guidance, it became an "outstanding" publication in the United States.[10]

Contributors included among others, author Menachem Ribalow (1895 – 1953) who published numerous articles in New Palestine,[11] philanthropist, businessman, Jacob Henry Schiff (born Jakob Heinrich Schiff; January 10, 1847 – September 25, 1920).[12]

In 1934, Samuel Caplan was editor.[13]

Ludwig Lewisohn (May 30, 1882 – December 31, 1955) novelist, literary critic, the drama critic for The Nation and then its associate editor, was its editor,[14] editorial-writer,[5] between 1943-48.[15]

References
  1. "Israel at 64". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. "The new Palestine". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. The New Palestine. Zionist Organization of America. 1921. p. 2.
  4. New Serial Titles. Library of Congress. 1995.
  5. "Page 70 - Jewish Book Annual Volume 3". jba.cjh.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. ZOA (1921). "The New Palestine". The New Palestine. OCLC 9590841.
  7. Eisenberg, Ronald L. (2006). The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, why. Devora Publishing. p. 235. ISBN 978-1-932687-54-5.
  8. The Odyssey of an Optimist, Meyer W. Weisgal: An Anthology. Athenuem. 1967. pp. 10, 64.
  9. "Meyer Wolf Weisgal (1894-1977)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  10. "Meyer W. Weisgal, 82, A Key Zionist Leader (Published 1977)". The New York Times. 1977-09-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  11. "Menachem Ribalow, Noted Hebrew Author and Editor, Dies in N.Y." Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1953-09-18. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  12. The Maccabæan-Magazine of Jewish Life and Letters. Federation of American Zionists. 1920.
  13. "Funeral Services Held for Samuel Caplan, 74, Retired Editor of 'congress Bi-weekly'". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1969-05-09. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  14. Kessner, Carole S. (2001-12-01). "The Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn (review)". Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. 20 (2): 179–182. doi:10.1353/sho.2001.0148. ISSN 1534-5165.
  15. "Ludwig Lewisohn Collection". collections.americanjewisharchives.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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