Jewish Review of Books

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| editor = Abraham Socher

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| country = United States

| based = Cleveland Heights, Ohio

| language = English

| website = {{URL|http://www.jewishreviewofbooks.com}}

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The Jewish Review of Books is a quarterly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs from a Jewish perspective. It is published in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/contact-us/ |website=Jewish Review of Books |access-date=26 October 2022}}

The magazine was launched in 2010 with an editorial board that included Michael Walzer and Ruth Wisse, Shlomo Avineri, Ruth Gavison,{{Cite web |last=Allan |first=Arkush |date=17 August 2020 |title=Ruth Gavison, 1945–2020 |url=https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/8293/ruth-gavison-1945-2020/?login=1666700763 |website=Jewish Review of Books}} and other prominent Jewish thinkers.Smith, Jordan Michael, [http://www.forward.com/articles/125409/ "A Jewish Journal of Ideas Is Born"], The Forward, February 10, 2010 (issue of February 19, 2010). The editor is Abraham Socher.{{cite news |last1=Oppenheimer |first1=Mark |title=Adding More Jewish Voices to the Discussion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24beliefs.html |accessdate=15 July 2019 |work=New York Times |date=23 October 2010}} The initial press run was 30,000 copies.{{cite news |last1=Herschthal |first1=Eric |title=Can New Journal Find Its Niche? |url=https://www.jta.org/2010/02/25/ny/can-new-journal-find-its-niche |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency-NY Jewish Week |date=25 February 2010}}{{cite news |title=Jewish Review of Books Launched With Foundation Funding |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/jewish-review-of-books-launched-with-foundation-funding/ |access-date=26 October 2022 |publisher=eJewish Philanthropy |date=26 February 2010}} According to The Jewish Week, the JRB is "unabashedly" modeled after the venerable New York Review of Books. Harvey Pekar and Tara Seibel collaborated on comic strips for the first two issues of the magazine.{{Cite web |date=2010-07-20 |title=The Last Days Of Harvey Pekar |url=https://www.jta.org/2010/07/20/ny/the-last-days-of-harvey-pekar |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}

The magazine was initially funded by the Tikvah Fund, founded by Zalman Bernstein. In 2022, the publication separated from the Tikvah Fund and is now run independently under the non-profit Jewish Review of Books Foundation, chaired by Jehuda Reinharz, with the Mandel Foundation providing the majority of the funding.{{Cite web |first=Ben |last=Sales |date=2022-02-11 |title=Jewish Review of Books goes independent |url=https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/jewish-review-of-books-goes-independent%ef%bf%bc/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=eJewish Philanthropy}}

Contributors have included Robert Alter, Elisheva Carlebach, David Ellenson, Daniel Gordis, Moshe Halbertal, Shai Held, Susannah Heschel, Dara Horn, Adam Kirsch, Jonathan Sacks, Haym Soloveitchik, David Wolpe, and Steven Zipperstein.{{Cite web |title=Authors |url=https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/authors/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Jewish Review of Books |language=en-us}}