Soc.Culture.Jewish Reading List

Periodicals

Publications Targeted For Specific Movements/Organizations

Hadassah Magazine (Hadassah)

FOCUS: News of Hadassah projects, Israel and Jewish interest

• FREQUENCY: 10 issues a year
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Free to members of Hadassah
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Hadassah Magazine * 50 W. 58th Street * New York NY 10022
• PUBLISHER: Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.
• COMMENTS:
  • Readership over 280,000

Hadoar (Histadruth Ivrith of America)

FOCUS: Hebrew magazine

• FREQUENCY: biweekly (except Jewish holidays)
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
  • (USA) $36/1yr
  • (Outside USA) $42/1yr
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Hadoar Association, Inc * 47 W 34th Street, Room 609 * New York, NY 10001 * (212) 629-9443
• COMMENTS:
  • Organ of the Histadruth Ivrith of America

Hagahelet (Union for Traditional Judaism)

FOCUS: A newsletter that keeps you posted on the latest activities of your Union, as well as brief thoughtful pieces on Jewish family education.

• FREQUENCY: quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Free with membership or via email list.
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Same as publisher's address.
• PUBLISHER: Union for Traditional Judaism * 241 Cedar Lane * Teaneck, NJ 07666 * +1 201 801-0707 * (800) 843-8825 * rprice@utj.org (Rabbi Ronald Price)
• COMMENTS:
  • Call the UTJ for membership information.
  • Also available via Email: Send email message to majordomo@utj.org with the body of the message reading: subscribe hagahelet
  • Back issues available: <http://www.utj.org/home>
  • Editorial contact: rprice@utj.org (Rabbi Ronald Price)
  • See also: The Kosher Nexus Newsletter.

Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic Judaism)

FOCUS: Discussions in the Humanistic Judaism mode, that is, where individuals to shape their own lives independent of supernatural authority, yet who still value their jewish identity.

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (USA) $18/1yr
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Society for Humanistic Judaism * 28611 West Twelve Mile Road * Farmington Hills MI 48334
• PUBLISHER: Society for Humanistic Judaism
• COMMENTS:

Israel Horizons (Hashomer Hatzair)

FOCUS: Advancement of Socialist Zionism and Progressive Israel-Hashomer Hatzair

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $15/year
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Israel Horizons * P.O.B. 3000 * Denville, NJ 07834
• PUBLISHER: API-Hashomer Hatzair
• COMMENTS:
  • Close to the political views of Mapam, and indeed in general the Meretz peace bloc in the Knesset.

Jewish Action (Orthodox Union)

FOCUS: Articles on Jewish living and contemporary issues.

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
  • (USA) $18.00/1yr
  • (Canada) $25.00/1yr
  • (Elsewhere) $35.00/1yr
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Orthodox Union * 333 Seventh Avenue * New York, NY 10001-5072
• PUBLISHER: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
• COMMENTS:
  • Comes with the individual basic $54 membership to the OU along with the Pocket Calendar Diary and Passover Kosher Directory

Kosher Nexus (Union for Traditional Judaism)

FOCUS: A witty and delightful newsletter on keeping kosher.

• FREQUENCY: bi-monthly..
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Free with membership or via email list.
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Same as publisher's address.
• PUBLISHER: Union for Traditional Judaism * 241 Cedar Lane * Teaneck, NJ 07666 * +1 201 801-0707 * (800) 843-8825 * rprice@utj.org (Rabbi Ronald Price)
• COMMENTS:
  • Call the UTJ for membership informaion.
  • Also available via Email: Send email message to majordomo@utj.org with the body of the message reading: subscribe hagahelet
  • Back issues available: <http://www.utj.org/home>
  • Editorial contact: rebrapp@utj.org (Rabbi Jeffrey Rappoport)
  • See also: Hagahelet Newsletter.

New Menorah (Aleph/Jewish Renewal)

FOCUS: Theory and practice of Jewish renewal; new liturgies, life-practice, celebration of festivals and life-cycle events, new forms of prayer, tikkun olam from a spiritual root.

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (US) $36/yr. (includes ALEPH membership)
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: 7318 Germantown Ave. * Philadelphia PA 19119.
• PUBLISHER: ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal * Email <Awaskow@aol.com> for more information.
• COMMENTS:
  Founded 1979
  • Editor: Arthur Waskow

Reconstructionist (Reconstructionist)

FOCUS: Medium for the continuing development of Reconstructionist ideas, practices, and institutions.

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
  • (USA) $20/1yr
  • (Elsewhere) $25/1yr
  • Free for members of Jewish Reconstuctionist Foundation
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Reconstructionist * Church Road and Greenwood Ave * Wyncote PA 19095
• PUBLISHER: Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and Havarot
• COMMENTS:

Reform Judaism (Reform)

FOCUS: Issues of general concern to Reform Jews

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
  • (USA) $10/1yr ($5/1yr Student)
  • Free to members of UAHC Member Synagogues
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Reform Judaism * 838 Fifth Avenue * New York NY 10021
• PUBLISHER: Union of American Hebrew Congregations * 838 Fifth Avenue * New York NY 10021
• COMMENTS:
  • Online version: <http://www.shamash.org/reform/uahc/rjmag/<

Tradition (Orthodox)

FOCUS: Orthodox Rabbinate

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $20/1yr
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Tradition * 275 Seventh Avenue * New York, NY 10001
• PUBLISHER: Rabbinical Council of America
• COMMENTS:
  • Column by Rabbi Bleich on contemporary Halachic issues
  • Another column reviews articles in non-Orthodox periodicals

United Synagogue Review (Conservative)

FOCUS: USCJ organizational news and general Jewish topics

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
  • (USA) $3/1yr $8/3yr
  • Free to members of United Synagogue congregations
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism * Rappaport House * 155 Fifth Avenue * New York NY 10010
• PUBLISHER: United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism * Rapaport House * 155 Fifth Avenue * New York NY 10010
• COMMENTS:
  • Editor: Lois Goldrich

Wellsprings (Chabad Lubavitch Youth)

FOCUS: The inner dimension of Torah and the Jewish soul.

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ??
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Wellsprings * 770 Eastern Parkway * Brooklyn NY 11213 * (718) 953 1000
• PUBLISHER: Editor: Baila Olidort (BOLIDORT@aol.com)
• COMMENTS: According to the publisher, although published by a particular movement, it is targeted "to a broad, intellectual readership of all Jewish affiliations, and largely, non-affiliated Jews as well."

Woman's League Outlook (Conservative)

FOCUS: Women's, family and Jewish issues

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
  • (USA) $8/1yr
  • Free to Sisterhood members at Conservative Synagoges
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: Woman's League Outline * 48 E. 74th St * New York, NY 10021
• PUBLISHER: Women's League for Conservative Judaism
• COMMENTS:

Women's World (B'nai Brith Women)

FOCUS: ??

• FREQUENCY: Quarterly
• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ??
• SUBSCRIPTION ADDRESS: B'nai Brith Women Membership Department * 1828 L St. NW #250 * Washington DC 20036
• PUBLISHER: B'nai Brith Women
• COMMENTS:
  • Regularly has articles on intermarriage