Midrasz

{{Short description|Polish language monthly journal}} {{Infobox magazine | logo = | image = | caption = | frequency = Monthly magazine | format = Berliner | founder = Konstanty Gebert | publisher = Stowarzyszenie "Midrasz" | editor = Piotr Paziński | firstdate = {{Start date|1997|4|1|df=yes}} | finaldate = December 2019 | political = | category = Jewish culture, literary | language = Polish | country = Poland | based = Warsaw | circulation = | ISSN = 1428-121X | oclc = | website = [http://www.midrasz.pl midrasz.pl] }} '''''Midrasz''''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈmi.draʂ|-}}; {{langx|he|מדרש}}) was a Polish-language monthly journal covering Jewish culture, literature and other topics published in Warsaw, Poland. It existed between April 1997 and December 2019.

==History and profile== ''Midrasz'' was founded in 1997 by Konstanty Gebert, a renowned Polish journalist, war correspondent and Polish-Jewish activist.<ref name="Cisak-113">Cisak, pp. 113-115</ref> The first issue appeared in April 1997.<ref name="szt">{{cite news|title=Czasopismo "Midrasz" kończy swoją działalność|url=https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/w/18-warszawa/120-aktualnosci/183940-czasopismo-midrasz-konczy-swoja-dzialalnosc|accessdate=27 July 2020|work=Sztetl|date=20 January 2020|language=Polish}}</ref> The journal was devoted to Polish, Jewish and Polish-Jewish culture, art, literature, history and religion, as well as contemporary matters.<ref name="Cisak-113"/> ''Midrasz'' also published book reviews and longer essays on a regular basis.

Regular contributors included Zygmunt Bauman, Wilhelm Dichter, Henryk Grynberg, Eva Hoffman, Hanna Krall, Maria Janion, Krystyna Kersten, Jerzy Tomaszewski and Jan Woleński.

Approximately 80% of the readers of ''Midrasz'' were educated people between the age of 20 and 40; roughly 40% of the readers were Catholics, 25% were atheists and 15% were Jews.<ref name="Cisak-113"/>

The journal was closed down due to financial problems.<ref name="szt"/> The last issue of ''Midrasz'' was published in December 2019.<ref name="szt"/>

==References== ===Citations=== {{Reflist}}

===Bibliography=== * {{cite book|editor1=Wojciech Cisak|others=Instytut Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza (corporate author)|title=Media i dziennikarstwo na przełomie stuleci: wybrane zagadnienia |trans-title=The Media and Journalism at the Turn of Centuries: selected issues|year=2004|publisher=Wydawn. Nauk. INPID UAM|isbn=9788387704742|language=pl}}

==External links== * [http://www.midrasz.pl Official website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Midrasz}} Category:1997 establishments in Poland Category:2019 disestablishments in Poland Category:Defunct literary magazines published in Poland Category:Defunct Jewish magazines Category:Magazines established in 1997 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2019 Category:Magazines published in Warsaw Category:Monthly magazines published in Poland Category:Defunct Polish-language magazines Category:Jewish history in Warsaw