''Judisk Tidskrift'' was a cultural and political Jewish journal which was published in Stockholm, Sweden, in the period 1928–1966. ''

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'' and the journal had high readership levels among the Jewish origin Swedes during the 1940s and 1950s.

History and profile

''Judisk Tidskrift'' was first published in Stockholm in January 1928. The founder of the journal was Mordecai Ehrenpreis. He was the chief Rabbi of Stockholm and edited the journal until his death in 1951. He modelled the journal after Martin Buber's ''

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'' to which he had himself contributed. During the Nazi rule in Germany ''Judisk Tidskrift'' filled an important function as it published articles, reports, and editorials that informed Swedish Jews and also, gentile readers about the deterioration of the situation for Jews, exposed the mass-murdering, and called for interventions and protests. It also functioned as a medium for appeals for donations to Swedish Jewish aid efforts. From 1945 ''Judisk Tidskrift'' also published the calls for donations to the Swedish Section of

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of which Ehrenpreis was the chairman.

Hugo Valentin Hugo Valentin (1888–1963) was a Swedish historian, scholar and leading Zionist. He received his PhD from Uppsala University in 1916 and took up teaching at the Teachers Training College in Uppsala and at a high school. In 1930 he was appoint ...

joined the journal in 1949 as deputy editor and replaced Ehrenpreis as editor of ''Judisk Tidskrift'' in 1951. Valentin edited the journal until his death in 1963, and an economist Franz Arnheim became the editor the same year. Although the journal dealt with the Jewish cause following

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, it was not a radical Zionist publication. Instead of dealing with specific events related to Jewish people in Sweden or in other countries ''Judisk Tidskrift'' featured articles covering intellectual discussions. Bernhard Tarschys, Eli F. Heckscher and Mia Leche Löfgren were among the local contributors. The journal also had international contributors who were well-known Jewish intellectuals:

Erwin Leiser Erwin Leiser (May 16, 1923 – August 22, 1996) was a German-born Jew and director, writer, and actor. Born and raised in Berlin, he fled to Sweden at the age of 15 to escape the Nazi Party. He graduated from the University of Lund and worked as a ...

, Ernst Benedikt, Peter Patera and

Martin Buber Martin Buber ( he, מרטין בובר; german: Martin Buber; yi, מארטין בובער; February 8, 1878 – June 13, 1965) was an Austrian Jewish and Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism c ...

. ''Judisk Tidskrift'' was published on a monthly basis between 1934 and 1964. Then it produced eight issues per year until 1966 when the journal folded.

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