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A high-quality Soviet Yiddish literary magazine is being digitized

Zackary Sholem Berger in Forward · 16 May

Every issue of the Yiddish literary magazine Sovetish heymland, which ran from 1961 to 1991, is currently being digitized for the first time in history by an initiative led by the Heritage Project Foundation in the U.S. and the Yiddish Culture Preservation Foundation in Israel, spearheaded by Mark Zilberquit.

0 History Literature

Chronicles of A Talmud Girl Boss

Jewish History Nerds · 1 Feb

Devorah Romm, a 19th-century Lithuanian businesswoman, revolutionized Jewish publishing by breaking norms and establishing the Vilna Shas as a prestigious standard.

0 Holocaust Literature

Jewish Life Stories: Hasidic filmmaker Menachem Daum, pioneering publisher Carol Hupping Fisher

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 10 Jan

Menachem Daum, a Hasidic filmmaker, died at the age of 77.

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The Ultimate Mishnah

Natan Slifkin in Rationalist Judaism · 4 Sep 2023

The author discusses the importance of books in Jewish life and how the Charedi community has dominated the publishing field for many years, particularly through ArtScroll.

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Yoav Sorek, David Weinberg, and Jonathan Silver on What Jewish Magazines Are For

Tikvah · 20 Oct 2022

In a recorded live discussion, Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver and Yoav Sorek, editor of Hashiloach, a quarterly journal in Israel, discuss the role of Jewish magazines and the state of Jewish ideas.

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Three Editors: A Conversation with Heads of the Major Jewish Publishers [Books 1/3]

18forty · 12 Jul 2022

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, the heads of the major Jewish publishing houses, Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz of ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, Matthew Miller of Koren Publishers, and Altie Karper of Schocken Books, discuss their shared goal of contributing to Jewish scholarship and cultivating the Jewish People.

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Three Editors: A Conversation with Heads of the Major Jewish Publishers [Books 1/3]

18forty · 12 Jul 2022

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, the heads of three major Jewish publishing houses, Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz of ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, Matthew Miller of Koren Publishers, and Altie Karper of Schocken Books, discuss their goals of contributing to Jewish scholarship and cultivating the Jewish people.

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Turning a Page in the World of Jewish Publishing

Sandy Eller in Jewish Action · 15 Jun 2020

The Jewish book industry is hopeful that it will fare well during the COVID-19 pandemic as people turn to books for comfort and inspiration while self-sheltering.

0 Literature Language

A Brilliant Leftist Satirist’s Work Finds New Life In English

Forward · 18 Jul 2018

Moyshe Nadir, a Yiddish writer and satirist, is gaining new popularity with his work being translated into English, including his acerbic comic play "Messiah in America."

0 Jewish Law Literature

Publishing Godliness: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Other Revolution

Don Seeman in Jewish Review of Books · 16 Jul 2014

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's role as an editor and publisher in spreading Hasidic teachings through the Chabad publishing house, Kehot, has been overlooked compared to his charismatic leadership and global outreach efforts.