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The Jewish Quarterly Review was established by Israel Abrahams and Claude Montefiore in 1889, and migrated from England to Philadelphia in 1910, where its publication resumed under the editorship of Cyrus Adler and Solomon Schechter. It remains the oldest English-language journal in the field of Jewish studies. JQR preserves the attention to textual detail so characteristic of the journal's early years, while encouraging scholarship in a wide range of fields and time periods. In each quarterly issue of JQR, the ancient stands alongside the modern, the historical alongside the literary, the textual alongside the contextual.

Recent issues are available online through Project Muse, and to access 130 years of JQR, you can find our full archive digitized at JSTOR.

For instructions on how to submit an essay click here, and to subscribe, visit jqr.pennpress.org.

Editors: Natalie B. Dohrmann & David N. Myers
Executive Editor: Anne Oravetz Albert
Journal Manager: Adrienne Atkins
Editorial Board: Mira Balberg, Elisheva Baumgarten, Beth Berkowitz, Daniel Boyarin, Francesca Bregoli, Richard I. Cohen, Daniel Frank, Miriam Goldstein, Liora R. Halperin, Warren Zev Harvey, Sarah Imhoff, Martin Kavka, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Eric Lawee, Lisa Leff, Vivian Liska, Shaul Magid, Jessica Marglin, Kenneth B. Moss, David B. Ruderman, Daniel R. Schwartz, Edwin Seroussi, Joanna Weinberg, Steven Phillip Weitzman, Beth Wenger, Elliot R. Wolfson, Sunny Yudkoff, Irene Zwiep

 

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Jun
28
June 28, 2021
Jewish Quarterly Review
Demystifying Peer Review
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

JQR editor Natalie Dohrmann walks you through the peer evaluation process in a video from AJRS.

Jun
21
June 21, 2021
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Thinking through Law
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

Two recent JQR contributors—Ayelet Hoffman Libson and Phillip Lieberman—think with and through law.

Jun
21
June 21, 2021
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The Demons inside Ashmedai
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Joseph M. Davis

One can never hear enough about the ceaselessly enigmatic and compelling tale of Solomon and Ashmedai.

Jun
4
June 04, 2021
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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Spring 2021
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief.

Jun
1
June 01, 2021
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The Haredi Moment: A Postscript on the Tragedy at Mt. Meron, Part 4
by
David Myers, The Jewish Quarterly Review

A postscript to our forum on recent developments in the ultra-Orthodox world, featuring Yoram Bilu, Samuel Heilman, Michal Raucher, and Naomi Seidman on the tragedy at Mt. Meron.

Apr
26
April 26, 2021
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The Haredi Moment: An Online Forum, Part 3
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David Myers, The Jewish Quarterly Review

Part 3 of our forum on recent developments in the ultra-Orthodox world features Orit Avishai, Itamar Ben-Ami, and Joshua Shanes on change and conservatism.

Apr
19
April 19, 2021
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The Haredi Moment: An Online Forum, Part 2
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David Myers, The Jewish Quarterly Review

Part two of our forum on recent developments in the Ultra-Orthodox world features Netta Barak Corren and Lotem Perry-Hazan, Lea Taragin-Zeller, and Nechumi Yaffe and Shuki Friedman.

Apr
12
April 12, 2021
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The Haredi Moment: An Online Forum, Part 1
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David Myers, The Jewish Quarterly Review

The Jewish Quarterly Review convened a forum on recent developments in ultra-Orthodoxy. This first installment features posts by Ayala Fader, Samuel Heilman, and Shaul Magid.

Mar
31
March 31, 2021
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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2021
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief

Mar
22
March 22, 2021
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“What I Found Surprised Me”: Old Wisdom for the New Century
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

Read for yourself the Old Series essays discussed in our anniversary forum.

Jan
6
January 06, 2021
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The Past is Present in Jewish Studies Scholarship
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

Members of the JQR editorial board muse on the ongoing relevance of our scholarly past.

Dec
28
December 28, 2020
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Borderless Space, Radical Belonging
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

The modernist poet Peretz Markish expressed his anarchism in a Jewish idiom, writes Anna Elena Torres.

Dec
18
December 18, 2020
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Secundus the Silent and the Vanishing Seduction of Beruriah
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Natalie B. Dohrmann

After the great Rabbi Meir asks his student to seduce his wife to teach her humility, the Talmud’s only named female Torah scholar commits suicide. Moshe Simon-Shoshan reassesses the legacy of this sordid tale.

Dec
15
December 15, 2020
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JQR at 130: New Voices Celebrate the Old Series
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Natalie B. Dohrmann

JQR marks its anniversary by diving into the archives for a fresh look at its earliest scholarship.

Dec
10
December 10, 2020
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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Fall 2020
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The Jewish Quarterly Review

The TOC in Brief.