Menorah (magazine)

Menorah was established in 1923, and its first issue appeared on 1 July that year.^[1] The publisher of the magazine was Habrith Verlag based in Vienna from 1925.^[2] It was started as a monthly magazine, but later its frequency became irregular.^[2][3] Norbert Hoffmann was the editor and Friedrich Matzner was the editorial director of the magazine.^[2] Josefine Hoffmann was another editor of Menorah.^[4]

Menorah adopted a liberal-conservative political stance and aimed to connect various groups of Judaism and to bring about an integration among these groups based on a cultural basis.^[1] Its target audience was educated Jewish middle class.^[1] Menorah featured stories, fairy tales, novel extracts and poems. The magazine's illustrated content was expanded from 1925.^[2] Nachum ‘Tim’ Gidal published a photo essay entitled Palästina, das Land der Gegensätze (German: Palestine, the Land of Contrasts) in the September 1931 issue of the magazine.^[5] The essay included thirteen images.^[5] It also covered articles on fashion and modern styles which were consistent with Jewish values.^[4]

Menorah folded in October 1932.^[1] The issues of the magazine were archived by Goethe University Frankfurt.^[1]

Isabella Gartner published a book on Menorah in 2009.^[6]