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

  • 1917-19 - Albert Montefiore Hyamson Joint Editor, Zionist Review[1]
  • 1920-1926 and 1934-1938 - Paul Goodman,[2]
  • Rev. Maurice Perlzweig (1895-1985)[3] Co-editor.
  • Circa 1930's - 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.'[4]
  • 1941-1948 - Dr. S. Levenberg[5]
  • 1948-1950 - David Krivine editor of the Zionist Review '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]
  • Circa 1951 - Arthur Saul Super (Editor[7])
  • Prior to early 1960s - Haim Lewis, former editor of the Zionist Review (London) 'arrived in Johannesburg in September [1963] to become editor of the Zionist Record.[8]
  • Circa 1995 - Joseph Finklestone (Sep. 25, 1924-Jan. 1, 2002) In 1997, he wrote 'so meagre are the resources of the Zionist Federation that it is unable to publish regularly its famous journal Zionist Review.'[9]

Notes

  1. UCL Archives Hyamson; Albert Montefiore (1875-1954)
  2. UCL Archives RefNo GASTER/1/A/GOO/5 Goodman; Romana (fl. 1907); née Manczyk; Goodman; Paul (1875-1949)
  3. Maurice Samuelson Oldest Zionist Paper Closed Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 29 December 1977.
  4. Moshe Pearlman Dead at 75, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 7 April 1986.
  5. LEVENBERG, Dr Schneier, fl 1930-1991, Zionist, AIM25 Archives.
  6. Jerusalem Post Reporter 'Post' veteran David Krivine dies, The Jerusalem Post October 4, 1992, Sunday
  7. Zionist Review, 3 August 1951, p. 8
  8. North Africa, American Jewish Yearbook, 1965, p.496
  9. Joseph Finklestone, 'Zionism and British Jews', in Stephen Massil (ed) The Jewish Year Book 1997, London: Valentine Mitchell, 1997, p.xxx