Nextbook Explained

Nextbook is a nonprofit Jewish organization founded in 2003 by Elaine Bernstein's Keren Keshet Foundation^[1] to promote Jewish literacy and support Jewish literature, culture and ideas.^[2] The organization sponsors public lectures, commissions books on Jewish topics through Schocken Books, and publishes an online magazine, Tablet.^{[3] [4] [5]}

On June 9, 2009, Nextbook changed the name of its online magazine from Nextbook to Tablet Magazine.^[6]

As of 2009, Nextbook is funded primarily by the Jewish Communal Fund of New York, a donor-advised fund to which Keren Keshet contributes $16 million per year, according to the 990 tax filing available in 2009.^[7] The New York Jewish Week describes Keren Keshet as a "powerhouse" in Jewish philanthropy that provided essentially all of Tablet's $5 million annual budget.^[8] Jonathan Rosen became editorial director in 2007.^[9]

As of 2012 the president of the board is Arthur W. Fried, and Morton Landowne is executive director, described by JTA as a "New York businessman and longtime Modern Orthodox lay leader" whose community experience could help in correcting what some critics call Nextbook's inability to establish a broader reach across the Jewish community.^{[10] [11]}

External links

• Nextbook Press

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-09-19 . A Major Jewish Philanthropist Just Published A Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Palestinians . 2023-10-28 . The Forward . en.
2. Web site: Frizzelle . Christopher . Nextbook Disappears . 2023-10-28 . The Stranger . en.
3. Web site: Tugend . Tom . 10 July 2008 . In which the writer discovers Nextbook's new read on culture . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010200827/https://jewishjournal.com/wandering_jew/article/in_which_the_writer_discovers_nextbooks_new_read_on_culture_20080709/ . 10 October 2012 . Jewish Journal.
4. Web site: Ann Gwinn . Mary . 27 June 2008 . Nextbook, Jewish literature organization, ends Seattle series . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604065840/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008020114_nextbook27.html . 4 June 2011 . The Seattle Times.
5. Web site: 2003-11-07 . Chabon kicks off Nextbook initiative . 2023-10-28 . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . en.
6. Nextbook becomes Tablet,By Jacob Berkman · June 9, 2009 Web site: Nextbook becomes Tablet | the Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News . 2010-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100122055042/http://blogs.jta.org/philanthropy/article/2009/06/09/1005756/nextbook-becomes-tablet . 2010-01-22 .
7. http://www.thereportergroup.org/article.aspx?aID=867 Nextbook adapts to recession and offers a lesson
8. http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/foot_both_worlds "A Foot in Both Worlds"
9. News: Harris. Ben. He's for the Birds; Jonathan Rosen weighs nature against civilization. 3 June 2015. Publishers Weekly. 21 December 2007.
10. http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=14097#.VUguNihYQ3Q Nextbook, Inc.
11. http://www.jta.org/2007/10/24/arts-entertainment/nextbook-taps-new-president Nextbook Taps New President