Midstream is the leading intellectual Zionist journal in
the world -
a medium of informed discussion and lively
thinking.
WE LIVE in a time of rapid
and fateful changes affecting Jewish life and the
international scene.
Against this background
MIDSTREAM was started some 50
years ago as a magazine of opinion. Ever since its pages
have reflected a searching exploration of many of the
critical problems of our time by some of the most profound
thinkers here and abroad. In addition, its readers have
been treated to a wealth of exciting and significant
literary works.
MIDSTREAM offers a
critical interpretation of
the past, a profound examination of the present, and
affords a medium for creative cultural expression. While
paying attention to problems of Jewish concern, it
addresses itself to the whole range of contemporary life and
culture, with special emphasis on the State of Israel, and
the Zionist idea.
Its aims are to clarify the central issues of our time,
rather than simply to provide information; to encourage
original, seminal thought, rather than to repeat accepted
cliches;
to analyze dissension, rather than engage in pious
celebration.
Statement of
Purpose
The Theodor Herzl Foundation has been established as an
educational agency to promote the study and discussion of
problems confronting the Jews of the world today. Two
overwhelming changes in the context of our Jewish existence
- on the one hand, the destruction of one-third of world
Jewry, which has erased many political and cultural
landmarks, and on the other, the rise of the State of
Israel, which has opened broad new horizons - call for a
reexamination of basic concepts and the ways to Jewish
fulfillment. Equally grave, and equally difficult to
answer in traditional terms, are the fateful questions that
face a world aghast at the threat of its own annihilation.
It is against this background that Midstream has been
conceived.
In sponsoring Midstream, a Zionist publication, we are
committed, above all, to free inquiry. We conceive Zionism
as, in essence, a questioning of the Jewish Status quo, and
as a steady confrontation of the problems of Jewish
existence. It is our hope that Midstream will offer
critical interpretation of the past, searching examination
of the present, and afford a medium for considered and
independent opinion and for creative cultural
expression.
Midstream is not an official organ, nor do the
publishers and editors necessarily identify themselves with
views expressed in its pages. It is our purpose, rather, to
enable a wide range of thought to appear in the columns of
this magazine.
The Theodor Herzl Foundation, Inc
Feel free to contact us at midstreamTHF@aol.com