{{Short description|American magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Jewish Review of Books | logo = | logo_size = | image_file = Jewish Review of Books Fall 2018 cover.jpg | image_size = <!-- (defaults to user thumbnail size if no size is stated) --> | image_alt = | image_caption = | editor = Abraham Socher | editor_title = | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = | frequency = Quarterly | circulation = | publisher = | founder = | founded = 2010 | firstdate = | company = | country = United States | based = Cleveland Heights, Ohio | language = English | website = {{URL|http://www.jewishreviewofbooks.com}} | issn = 2153-1978 | oclc = }} The '''''Jewish Review of Books''''' is a quarterly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs from a Jewish perspective. It is published in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.<ref name="JRB-Contact">{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/contact-us/ |website=Jewish Review of Books |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
The magazine was launched in 2010 with an editorial board that included Michael Walzer, Ruth Wisse, Shlomo Avineri, Ruth Gavison,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allan |first=Arkush |date=17 August 2020 |title=Ruth Gavison, 1945–2020 |url=https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/8293/ruth-gavison-1945-2020/?login=1666700763 |website=Jewish Review of Books}}</ref> and other prominent Jewish thinkers.<ref name="smith">Smith, Jordan Michael, [http://www.forward.com/articles/125409/ "A Jewish Journal of Ideas Is Born"], ''The Forward'', February 10, 2010 (issue of February 19, 2010).</ref> The editor is Abraham Socher.<ref name="smith" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Oppenheimer |first1=Mark |title=Adding More Jewish Voices to the Discussion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24beliefs.html |accessdate=15 July 2019 |work=New York Times |date=23 October 2010}}</ref> The initial press run was 30,000 copies.<ref name="Herschthal -Can New Journal Find Its Niche">{{cite news |last1=Herschthal |first1=Eric |title=Can New Journal Find Its Niche? |url=https://www.jta.org/2010/02/25/ny/can-new-journal-find-its-niche |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency-NY Jewish Week |date=25 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="Launched with Foundation Funding">{{cite news |title=Jewish Review of Books Launched With Foundation Funding |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/jewish-review-of-books-launched-with-foundation-funding/ |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=eJewish Philanthropy |date=26 February 2010}}</ref> According to ''The Jewish Week'', the JRB is "unabashedly" modeled after ''The New York Review of Books''.<ref name="Herschthal -Can New Journal Find Its Niche" /> Harvey Pekar and Tara Seibel collaborated on comic strips for its first two issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-20 |title=The Last Days Of Harvey Pekar |url=https://www.jta.org/2010/07/20/ny/the-last-days-of-harvey-pekar |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>
The magazine was initially funded by the Tikvah Fund, founded by Zalman Bernstein.<ref name="smith" /><ref name="Herschthal -Can New Journal Find Its Niche" /> In 2022, the publication separated from the Tikvah Fund. It is now run independently under the nonprofit Jewish Review of Books Foundation, chaired by Jehuda Reinharz, with the Mandel Foundation providing the majority of the funding.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Ben |last=Sales |date=2022-02-11 |title=Jewish Review of Books goes independent |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/jewish-review-of-books-goes-independent%ef%bf%bc/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=eJewish Philanthropy}}</ref>
Contributors have included Robert Alter, Elisheva Carlebach, David Ellenson, Daniel Gordis, Moshe Halbertal, Shai Held, Susannah Heschel, Dara Horn, Adam Kirsch, Jonathan Sacks, Haym Soloveitchik, David Wolpe, and Steven Zipperstein.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Authors |url=https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/authors/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Jewish Review of Books |language=en-us}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.jewishreviewofbooks.com/}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}}
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