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[[Image:12306 cover full.png|right|thumb|''Commentary'', June 2007 issue.]]

[[Image:12306 cover full.png|right|thumb|''Commentary'', June 2007 issue.]]

'''Commentary''' is a monthly magazine on politics, Judaism, social and cultural issues; founded by the [[American Jewish Committee]] in 1945. By 1960 its editor was [[Norman Podhoretz]], a liberal at the time who moved sharply to the right in the 1970s and 1980s becoming a strong voice for the [[anti-communism left]]. The magazine was one of the leading voices of [[neoconservatism]] by 1976, and remains so today, although in the 21st century it has less influence than before.

'''Commentary''' is a monthly magazine on politics, Judaism, social and cultural issues; founded by the [[American Jewish Committee]] in 1945. By 1960 its editor was [[Norman Podhoretz]], a liberal at the time who moved sharply to the right in the 1970s and 1980s becoming a strong voice for the [[anti-communism left]]. The magazine was one of the leading voices of [[neoconservatism]] by 1976, and remains so today, although in the 21st century it has less influence than before.

 

==History==

==History==

''Commentary'' was the successor to the ''Contemporary Jewish Record.'' When the ''Record'''s editor died in 1944, its publisher, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) consulted with New York intellectuals including [[Daniel Bell]] and literary critic [[Lionel Trilling]]. They recommended the AJC hire Elliot Cohen (1899-1959) to start a new journal. He had been an editor of a Jewish cultural magazine and was now a fundraiser.  

''Commentary'' was the successor to the ''Contemporary Jewish Record.'' When the ''Record'''s editor died in 1944, its publisher, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) consulted with New York intellectuals including [[Daniel Bell]] and literary critic [[Lionel Trilling]]. They recommended the AJC hire Elliot Cohen (1899-1959) to start a new journal. He had been an editor of a Jewish cultural magazine and was now a fundraiser.