Jewish Action is an American Orthodox Jewish magazine published by the Orthodox Union.
The magazine generally presents a Modern Orthodox viewpoint, and covers "topics of interest to an international Orthodox Jewish audience... [including] articles "related to current ongoing issues of jewish life and experience, human-interest features, poetry, art, music and book reviews, historical pieces and humor...[1]
Published since 1940, it is printed quarterly, with a special Passover issue. Its regular quarterly editions have a mail readership of 50,000, and its Passover issue has a distribution of 100,000. Though generally sold via mail subscription, it is also distributed through retail stores and food outlets throughout North America.
A 148-page "The Jewish Action Reader" book was published in 1995.[2]
The magazine's website contains PDF copies of previous issues dating back to 1998.
As of 1984, Mordechai Schiller was the editor.[3] Rabbi Matis Greenblatt was the literary editor.[4] The editor was Nechama Carmel as of 2011.[5]
The Summer 5777/2017 issue included a short follow-up[6] to a Winter 5776/2016 article[7] about the Minhag of standing for the groom, and then a bit later, for the bride, as they enter the room where the wedding ceremony occurs. The writer challenged readers married more than 30 years to look at their wedding album: