Founded and published by the American Jewish Committee in 1945, Commentary magazine found a new audience and increased prominence during the 1960s and through the 1970s. Edited by neoconservative Norman Podhoretz from 1960-1965, Commentary frequently featured his wife Midge Decter, a fellow neoconservative intellectual and frequent critic of feminist figures like Betty Friedan. Among the other topics Commentary frequently covered was Zionism and foreign policy in relation to Israel, particularly after 1967's Six Day War, a brief but brutal military conflict between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, which resulted in Israel's decisive victory.
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