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]
  • David Krivine editor of the Zionist Review from 1948-1950. 'Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, in 1919, Krivine studied at Oxford, and was wounded twice during World War II as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment... He ...made aliya in 1950. During the 1950s he served as Israel's representative to the International Labor Office and was a technical adviser to then prime minister David Ben-Gurion from 1957-58.' Krivine 'joined the Post in 1959 as an economic correspondent' and was 'a member of The Jerusalem Post editorial staff for over 30 years'[6]

Notes

  1. UCL Archives RefNo GASTER/1/A/GOO/5 Goodman; Romana (fl. 1907); née Manczyk; Goodman; Paul (1875-1949)
  2. 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
  6. Jerusalem Post Reporter 'Post' veteran David Krivine dies, The Jerusalem Post October 4, 1992, Sunday