You are on the pages of the site
of the Jewish magazines УRootsФ which is being published in
Russia. The Russian title of this magazine is
СKorniТ (СVortzlenТ in Yiddish and СShorashimТ in Hebrew) which if is
interpreted loosely is connected with genealogy, ancestry, and memory about
generations of the Jews that lived in Russia.
The subject of
Jewish history or, more precisely, history of Jewish people is one of the
basic subjects that is widely covered in the magazine. Readers of the
magazine, Russian Jews, take an interest in many different subjects: Jewry in
the Ancient Greece and Rome epoch, formation of the state of Israel as well as modern Jewish life. Experts
in the issues, university professors, as well as people who got knowledge in
Jewish Studies (Judaic) independently write articles on that subjects.
УRootsФ is more than just a historic magazine. It is a magazine of the Jewish
publicism. Although our authors are discussing questions of Jewish history,
they consider them from todayТs perspective. They attempt to interpret the
history of the Jews not on the basis of archeological findings but taking
into account the signs they observe in the present.
second important subject of the magazine is Jewish culture. All the readers
of the magazine are interested in this theme. What is Jewish culture? Is it a
religion? Or a national tradition? Perhaps
it is a dispute between Yiddish and Hebrew? In which direction will
Jewish culture develop? And here, in this section the publicistic approach is
leading the discussion.
The third subject of the
journal is memoirs. The articles of this section are attempting to preserve
peculiarities of the life of Jews in Russia for the next generations. Telling
about their Jewish families, our authors know that history of every
particular family in Russia was affected by the history of Russian
Jewry as a whole.
It is necessary, of course, to know Russian
for an easy acquaintance with the Jewish publicistic magazine. However
summaries of every article, which may be found in each issue, will guide you.
They may help an English-speaking reader to understand which article he is
interested in and then he or she may order it in the editorial office.
For receiving the full text of the article or issue
of the magazine you are interested in (in Russian) please, contact the
editor-in-chief of the magazine, Dr.
like historians and postgraduates who are specializing in Russian
Studies to get to know the magazine,
to read it and write for it. Above
all, we would like the magazine to be a family magazine, that is read
by different generations, that is discussed among friends and relatives, that
would be interesting to everybody who is interested in Jewry and its
Order, buy and read the oldest
Jewish magazine in Russian - УRootsФ! The magazine is issued twice a year
since 1994. The #20 will be issued in January 2004.
The Editorial staff plans to publish 4 issues a year from 2004. Our
plans will be realized if you, our readers, support the magazine.
the authors of the magazine read in Russian on the page
and information about the members of the Editorial staff you can find on the
Editor-in-chief Ц Dr.