Midrasz
Midrasz was a Polish language monthly journal covering Jewish culture, literature and other topics published in Warsaw, Poland. It existed between April 1997 and December 2019.Midrasz was founded in 1997 by Konstanty Gebert, a renowned Polish journalist, war correspondent and Polish-Jewish activist. The first issue appeared in April 1997. The journal was devoted to Polish, Jewish and Polish-Jewish culture, art, literature, history and religion, as well as contemporary matters. Midrasz also published book reviews and longer essays on a regular basis.
Regular contributors included Zygmunt Bauman, Wilhelm Dichter, Henryk Grynberg, Eva Hoffman, Hanna Krall, Maria Janion, Krystyna Kersten, Jerzy Tomaszewski and Jan Woleński.
Approximately 80% of the readers of Midrasz were educated people between the age of 20 and 40; roughly 40% of the readers were Catholics, 25% were atheists and 15% were Jews.
The journal was closed down due to financial problems. The last issue of Midrasz was published in December 2019.Citations
