Everything about Commentary Magazine totally explained
Commentary is an
American monthly
magazine covering
politics,
international affairs,
Judaism, and social, cultural, and literary issues.
History
Commentary was founded by the
American Jewish Committee in
1945, and bills itself as "America's premier monthly magazine of opinion." Initially, its articles and stories were from a
secular American Jewish perspective; now it isn't averse to theism. In its early days a strong voice for liberal
anti-communism, the magazine turned left during the early 1960s. Starting in the late 1960s it reversed this leftward shift, eventually becoming a principal organ of
neoconservatism.
Currently edited by Neal Kozodoy, its founder and original
editor was
Elliot E. Cohen. He was succeeded after his death in 1959 by
Norman Podhoretz, who served as editor-in-chief until 1995 and is currently the magazine's editor-at-large. Beginning in January 2009 the magazine will be edited by
John Podhoretz.
The magazine is no longer affiliated with the American Jewish Committee. In 2007, Commentary, Inc., an independent
501(c)(3) non-profit enterprise, became the magazine's publisher.
In January 2007
Commentary launched a new blog
contentions.
Layout
Currently,
Commentary prints letters to the editor that comment on various articles three issues earlier. The more critical and lengthy letters tend to be printed first and the more praiseful letters last. The author of the article being discussed almost always replies in a follow-up to his critics.
Each issue has several reviews of books on varying topics.
Commentary usually assigns a review to books written by notable contributors to the magazine.
In Popular Culture
In the 1977
Woody Allen movie,
Annie Hall, Allen (as character Alvy Singer) makes a pun by saying that he heard that
Dissent and
Commentary had merged to form "Dysentery". In
Bananas, as an old lady is threatened on a subway car, Woody Allen hides his face by holding up an issue of
Commentary. This image is featured at the
New York City Transit Museum in
Brooklyn Heights. In Woody Allen's film
Crimes and Misdemeanors, an issue of
Commentary lies on a character's bedside table.
Current Staff
- Editor, Neal Kozodoy
- Editorial Director, John Podhoretz
- Senior Editor, Gabriel Schoenfeld
- Assistant Editor, David Billet
- Editor-at-Large, Norman Podhoretz
- Business Director, Sarah M. Stern
- Business Associate, Ilya Leyzerzon
- Sales Representative, Del Fidanque
- Production Manager, Marietta M. Gat
- Online Editor, Sam Munson
- Publisher, Teri Schure
Notable contributors
Further Information
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