Creating intellectual and cultural challenges: The Bridge

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Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 26, 4 (2024)

Author(s) Suzanne Rutland AbstractIn the history of Australian Jewry only a few literary and intellectual journals have been published. Those that have aimed to meet this challenge, on the whole, have been short lived. One key journal in this category was The Bridge, an innovative publication that sought to achieve a high literary standard in the early 1960s. It was published by an editorial team led by Hyam Brezniak, whose known left-wing sympathies and connections led to controversial accusations and dissention from some community leaders, especially in relation to the cause of Soviet Jewry. Other key members of The Bridge’s editorial team, such as Professor Alan Crown and Dr Joachim Schneeweiss, held different political views from Brezniak. Despite the importance of The Bridge in Australian Jewish intellectual history, its history has not yet been studied seriously. This chapter, as part of a Festschrift marking Professor Alan Crown’s seventieth birthday, seeks to fill this gap.
Year2024
Pages574-598
Keyword(s)Media;Australian publications;Hyam Brezniak;unity;Alan Crown