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Nextbook is a nonprofit Jewish organization founded in 2003 by Elaine Bernstein's Keren Keshet Foundation [1] to promote Jewish literacy and support Jewish literature, culture and ideas. [2] The organization sponsors public lectures, commissions books on Jewish topics through Schocken Books, and publishes an online magazine, Tablet . [3] [4] [5]

On June 9, 2009, Nextbook changed the name of its online magazine from Nextbook to Tablet Magazine. [6]

As of 2009, Nextbook is funded primarily by the Jewish Communal Fund of New York, a donor-advised fund to which Keren Keshet contributes $16 million per year, according to the 990 tax filing available in 2009. [7] The New York Jewish Week describes Keren Keshet as a "powerhouse" in Jewish philanthropy that provided essentially all of Tablet's $5 million annual budget. [8] Jonathan Rosen became editorial director in 2007. [9]

As of 2012 the president of the board is Arthur W. Fried, and Morton Landowne is executive director, described by JTA as a "New York businessman and longtime Modern Orthodox lay leader" whose community experience could help in correcting what some critics call Nextbook's inability to establish a broader reach across the Jewish community. [10] [11]

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  1. ↑ "A Major Jewish Philanthropist Just Published A Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians". The Forward. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  2. ↑ Frizzelle, Christopher. "Nextbook Disappears". The Stranger. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ↑ Tugend, Tom (10 July 2008). "In which the writer discovers Nextbook's new read on culture". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Ann Gwinn, Mary (27 June 2008). "Nextbook, Jewish literature organization, ends Seattle series". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Chabon kicks off Nextbook initiative". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2003-11-07. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  6. ↑ Nextbook becomes Tablet, By Jacob Berkman · June 9, 2009 "Nextbook becomes Tablet | the Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News". Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  7. ↑ Nextbook adapts to recession and offers a lesson The Reporter Group, Issue 27, 2009
  8. ↑ "A Foot in Both Worlds". The New York Jewish Week, 7 November 2007
  9. ↑ Harris, Ben (21 December 2007). "He's for the Birds; Jonathan Rosen weighs nature against civilization". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  10. ↑ Nextbook, Inc. Charity Navigator, 2012
  11. ↑ Nextbook Taps New President JTA, 24 October 2007
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