Midstream (magazine)

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Midstream
FrequencyMonthly
Publisher Theodor Herzl Foundation
Founded1955
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
Websitemidstreamthf.com
ISSN 0026-332X

Midstream was a magazine established by the New York-based Theodor Herzl Foundation, which was associated with the American Section of the World Zionist Organization. Described as an "intellectual Zionist journal". [1] [2] It to a significant degree saw itself as playing a role somewhat similar to that of Commentary , an intellectual publication of the American Jewish Committee, but with an explicitly Jewish focus. Midstream began publication in 1955. [3] Started as a Quarterly Jewish Review, it became a monthly in 1965. [4] [5] Its final print edition was in 2013.

Midstream was a journal of opinion, focusing on political, social and religious topics related to Jewish communities. [4] While it was not the official organ per se of the Foundation, it was established, at a time when a range of similar publications were being printed, such as Partisan Review, The Reconstructionist, and even The New Republic, as a means for expression of a wide range of opinions within political Zionism, not necessarily reflecting the views of the magazine's editors. [6] [7]

Midstream to a significant degree followed the basic political arc of Commentary from liberal to center-of-the-road to somewhat conservative to neoconservative, reflecting the views of a succession of editors, although it was not the same arc of the majority of American Jewry.

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References

  1. Theodor Herzl Foundation. "About Midstream". midstreamthf.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Charles Allan Madison, "Jewish publishing in America: the impact of Jewish writing on American culture", Sanhedrin Press, 1976, p. 239
  3. Midstream at WorldCat
  4. 1 2 Ruth Beloff, "MIDSTREAM", Encyclopaedia Judaica article at Encyclopedia.com (Retrieved October 18, 2022)
  5. "'midstream' Launched As Monthly Magazine; Dr. Neumann Outlines Policy". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. New York. December 24, 1965. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  6. "Midstream", The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, October 7, 1955, p.9
  7. "What is Midstream's point of view.(Editorial)", Midstream, January 1, 2007