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Religious illustrated weekly published in Jerusalem, reminiscent of the old Life magazine in the United States. Each issue has a photograph on the cover, varying from religious personalities, such as the Brisker Rav (August 4, 1959) to a baby with a menorah December 12, 1954 (Kislev). Each issue has nineteen pages, comprised of news, photos, cartoons, and topical articles of interest to the religious reader. Among the contents are movie reviews, columns, and feature articles. Politics, both international and national, are given thorough coverage. Panim el Panim provides a window into Jewish thought and life from a religious nationalistic perspective seldom derived from history books, which take a much more general view.
The deputy editor of Panim el Panim at this time was Zevi Yaron (Zinger, 1921–1977), the noted Zionist thinker and educator. Born in Rzeszow, Poland; his family moved to Belgium in 1925. He escaped alone to England in 1940, studied at Yeshivat Etz Hayyim in London, and at Manchester University. During his stay in England he became a leading member of the Religious Zionist Youth Movement (Bahad), serving as madrikh of the Thaxted Hachsharah Farm from 1945 to 1947 and director of the Mercaz Limud in Manchester from 1947 to 1950. In 1950 he immigrated to Israel and was a founder of kibbutz Lavi in the Galilee, director of the cultural department of Ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati from 1953 to 1957, deputy editor of the religious weekly Panim el Panim, and director of the religious section of the Youth and He-Halutz Department of the Jewish Agency. He also taught at the School for Overseas Students of the Hebrew University. He was a member of the Israel Interfaith Committee, editor of the quarterly Forum, and founder and first editor of Ammudim, the monthly of Ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati. His major work in addition to numerous articles on religion and state was Mishnato Shel ha-Rav Kook (The Teachings of Rabbi Kook, 1974). |
