Reubeni Foundation, educational and cultural organization, founded in Jerusalem by Polly Reubens Van Leer.
The first project of the Reubeni Foundation was an imaginative newspaper, which described Biblical events as if they were current news. Inspired by an idea of Polly Van Leer’s son, Chronicles was printed in Rehavia and includes many of the typical newpaper rubrics, like Names in the News and Letters to the Editor, all written as if contemporaneous to the events described. “It is devoted to turning a contemporary spotlight on ancient history. Here the age-old tales are retold in lively, modern prose—in a manner that teases the mind and illuminates their significance fo the twentieth-century readers.”1The Suburban List, Thurday, July 11, 1957. Initially printed monthly and available at news stands, the Reubeni Foundation began collecting the issues in volumes in 1954. The Foundation ceased publication of Chronicles in 1973.
Ismar David created the mastheads.
