# Midrasz

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{{Short description|Polish language monthly journal}}
{{Infobox magazine
| logo                 = 
| image                = 
| caption              = 
| frequency            = Monthly magazine
| format               = [Berliner](/source/Berliner_(format))
| founder              = [Konstanty Gebert](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Konstanty_Gebert), a renowned Polish journalist, war correspondent and [Polish-Jewish](/source/Polish_Jews) 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 review](/source/book_review)s and longer [essay](/source/essay)s on a regular basis.

Regular contributors included [Zygmunt Bauman](/source/Zygmunt_Bauman), [Wilhelm Dichter](/source/Wilhelm_Dichter), [Henryk Grynberg](/source/Henryk_Grynberg), [Eva Hoffman](/source/Eva_Hoffman), [Hanna Krall](/source/Hanna_Krall), [Maria Janion](/source/Maria_Janion), [Krystyna Kersten](/source/Krystyna_Kersten), [Jerzy Tomaszewski](/source/Jerzy_Tomaszewski_(historian)) and [Jan Woleński](/source/Jan_Wole%C5%84ski).

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](/source/Adam_Mickiewicz_University)|isbn=9788387704742|language=pl}}

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

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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

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