Menorah

Menorah, a Zionist literary and cultural magazine, is exemplary to a lifely German-Jewish press in the  interwar period. Founded in 1923 with the support from Paul Diamant (1887–1966), it was edited by Norbert Hoffmann (1891 - 1977),  his wife Josefine Hoffmann (1892 - 1973) and Friedrich Matzner (1868–1942) as well as others.  Menorah carried a German and Hebrew title on its title page. Menorah, however,  was printed in Wien, Berlin and Frankfurt and spoke to a German-Jewish readership in Central Europe. The editors initially aimed to reach beyond and gain traction as well in the United States, Great Britain and Palestine, which led to the inclusion of some English, Hebrew and Yiddish in early editions. 

In its early years, Menorah established itself as  a richly illustrated journal that covered Jewish cultural life broadly. It  published  literary texts, including translations from Hebrew and Yiddish. It spoke to popular culture as well, and would feature fashion and publish  puzzles. In 1926 the editorial board changed the programmatic focus of Menorah, which became more an intellectual and literary magazine and appeared now under the title Menorah: jüdisches Familienblatt für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur. This shift in content went along with a change of format, to a smaller size with a one-column layout and fewer illustrations.