Zionist Review

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The Zionist Review was the official publication of the Zionist Federation. It was published between May 1917 and June 1927; 1934-1952 and 1982-1995. It was replaced by the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review between 1952 and 1977.

Editors

  • Paul Goodman, 1920-1926 and 1934-1938;[1]
  • Rev. Maurice Perlzweig
  • Moshe Pearlman 'editor of the Zionist Review in the 1930's, working out of the London offices of the Jewish Agency. He spent a year in a kibbutz in 1936 and subsequently published his first book, Collective Adventure.' He went on to become 'a well-known author, the first Israel Defense Force official spokesman, founder and first director of the Israel Government Press Office, and an early director of Israel Radio', He 'was a close adviser to Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. He was recalled to the army in the Six Day War, when he served with his friend, Moshe Dayan.'[2]
  • Dr. S. Levenberg[3]
  • Arthur Saul Super (Editor circa 1951[4])
  • Haim Lewis, former editor of the Zionist Review (London) 'arrived in Johannesburg in September [1963] to become editor of the Zionist Record.[5]

Notes

  1. UCL Archives RefNo GASTER/1/A/GOO/5 Goodman; Romana (fl. 1907); née Manczyk; Goodman; Paul (1875-1949)
  2. http://archive.jta.org/article/1986/04/07/3003903/moshe-pearlman-dead-at-75 Moshe Pearlman Dead at 75], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 7 April 1986.
  3. Maurice Samuelson Oldest Zionist Paper Closed Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 29 December 1977.
  4. Zionist Review, 3 August 1951, p. 8
  5. North Africa, American Jewish Yearbook, 1965, p.496