Folyóirat (a Múlt és Jövő) mint szellemi és családi otthon

Wanting to celebrate Israel’s anniversary in a periodical that is Hungarian both in its culture and language, one automatically recalls the examples of the Hungarian founding fathers of the state, Herzl, Nordau and their predecessors. It is precisely for this reason that we decided not to do so. We would like to focus the commemoration on Múlt és Jöv ő, the periodical written and edited by József Patai (and his whole family) that played a significant role in laying the intellectual basis for the future state. This is supported by the less known but highly telling fact that Raphael Patai was the first to ever acquire a doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - another example underlining the Hungarian presence, and bonding function, in the short but fruitful history of the Israeli state. Six of our articles and documents discuss this constant presence and radiation whose impact has been felt to this day.