Azure (magazine)

{{Short description|Quarterly Jewish magazine (1996–2012)}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| title =

| image_file = Azure_cover_image.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Winter 2007 cover

| frequency = Quarterly

| category = Jewish affairs, Zionism, philosophy

| founded = 1996

| finaldate = 2011

| finalnumber = 46

| company = The Shalem Center

| country = Israel

| based = Jerusalem

| language = English, Hebrew

| editor = Assaf Sagiv

| issn = 0793-6664

| website = http://www.azure.org.il|

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Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation ({{langx|he|תכלת}}, Techelet) was a quarterly magazine published 1996–2012 by the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel. It published new writing on issues relating to Jewish thought and identity, Zionism, and the State of Israel. It was published in both Hebrew and English, allowing for the exchange of ideas between Israelis and Jews worldwide.[http://libraries.uc.edu/ University of Cincinnati libraries]

The magazine was established in 1996 and was originally published twice a year, but grew into a quarterly. The magazine's founding editor-in-chief was Ofir Haivry,{{Citation |title=Notes on Contributors |date=2013-04-23 |work=The Cinema of Terry Gilliam |pages=x–xii |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7312/birk16534-002/pdf |access-date=2024-05-02 |publisher=Columbia University Press |language=en |doi=10.7312/birk16534-002/pdf |isbn=978-0-231-85038-4}} followed by {{Ill|Daniel Polisar|he|דניאל פוליסר}}{{Cite web |title=Daniel Polisar |url=https://shalem.ac.il/en/personnel/daniel-polisar/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Shalem College |language=en}} and David Hazony.{{Cite web |title=David Hazony |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/David-Hazony/45698776 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Simon & Schuster |language=en}} Assaf Sagiv was editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2012.{{Cite news |last=Kashti |first=Or |last2=Slyomovics |first2=Nettanel |date=2023-03-03 |title=Why this leading Israeli right-wing figure is ‘praying for the government’s fall’ |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-03-03/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/why-this-leading-israeli-right-wing-figure-is-praying-for-the-governments-fall/00000186-a4b3-d3d5-a7e7-aeb7a19b0000 |access-date=2024-05-02 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Assaf Sagiv |url=https://shalem.ac.il/en/personnel/assaf-sagiv/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Shalem College |language=en}}

The emphasis of the magazine was on strengthening Jewish and Zionist values. It was highly critical of post-national and radical trends in academia,[http://azure.org.il/article.php?id=538 Assaf Sagiv, 'The Sad State of Israeli Radicalism,'] Azure, Spring 2010 opposed judicial activism in the Israeli legal system,[http://azure.org.il/article.php?id=496 Evelyn Gordon, 'Liberalism's Endgame,'] Azure, Spring 2009 and supported free-market reforms in the Israeli economy.

The publication ceased operations with the Autumn issue, no. 46, alerting its subscribers to this fact mid-2012. According to the letter sent to its subscribers, "circumstances and resources no longer enable [the magazine] to continue publication."