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Vol. 028 Issue 001 (February 1 2003)
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Passing the Torch
SHANKS, HERSHEL
PERSPECTIVE Editor's Viewpoint Thinking about Moment's place among worthwhile Jewish causes, and the torrents of Jewish money passing them by. Passing the Torch We all read from a personal...
Hanging on in Serbia
SINGER, SUZANNE F.
PERSPECTIVE Editor's Viewpoint Despite the reappearance of anti-Semitic literature, a Jewish remnant lives 0n in Belgrade, thanks to a versatile rabbi who wields a mighty pen of his own. Hanging...
Forum
FORUM Readers React Letty Cottin Pogrebin's column is a disgustingly cynical and hypocritical attempt to bash the Jewish religious right in the guise of Ahavat Yisrael. Leading Off Shape Up or...
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Fifty Seven Sixty-Three A JEWISH YEAR TZEDAKAH A New Leash on Life American-Jewish fundraising for Israel is going to the dogs, literally. Two organizations have enlisted the help of man's best...
The Un-God Squad
Pragen, Dennis
Dennis Pragen The Un-God Squad Judaism is a big tent but it has no room for clergymen whose very name is an oxymoron— atheist rabbis. Before any readers dismiss the proposal I am about to advance...
Israel's Spoiled Child
Pogrebin, Letty Cootin
Letty Cottin Pogrebin Israel's Spoiled Child The settlers have long been gorging themselves at the public trough. How much longer will the feeding frenzy be allowed to continue? On Friday,...
Survey
SURVEY What do YOU think? If you could have dinner with any Jew in history, who would it be, and why? Judith Van Herik, associate professor emerita of religious and Jewish studies, Pennsylvania...
The Gift of Life
BIRKNER, GABRIELLE
OLAM The Gift of Life GABRIELLE BIRKNER In September, Jonathan Joseph "J.J." Greenberg, the son of prominent Orthodox Rabbi Irving "Yitz" Greenberg, and leading Orthodox feminist Blu Greenberg,...
Moment of Truth
Blum, Miriam Lippel
The Visit MOMENT OF TRUTH Almost two years ago I had my right leg amputated below the knee due to a bad combination of medical problems. 1 could not tolerate the idea that an important part of my...
The Best Little Whorehouse in Heaven
BOTEACH, SHMULEY
The Best Little Whorehouse in Heaven SHMULEY BOTEACH Terrorists' perverted quest for postmortem bliss has created hell on earth while sullying a great world religion. ISLAM APPARENTLY promises...
Poem
Concentric Circles 2 am My daughters round keppie with her crown of thick, auburnred hair tipped with gold cradled heavily in my arms as her almond-round eyes open and close and open and...
A Damn Good Jew
ABRAHAMS, BRIAN
A Damn Good Jew BRIAN ABRAHAMS These are perilous times for Jews, but will the future be any brighter? A parent agonizes over whether his kids will face redemption or tragedy. I'm a Good Jew. I...
The Jews File
MILES, WILLIAM F.S.
The Jews File WILLIAM F.S. MILES History—as well as the contemporary resurgence of anti-Semitism—chillingly demonstrates that no nation is an island when it comes to the Jewish question. YOUR...
The Terror Trackers
Katz, Samuel M.
THE TERROR TRACKERS For the forensic investigators whose precinct is the war-torn streets of Israel, there is nothing ordinary about a day at work. SAMUEL M. KATZ At 1:30 on July 31, 2002, a...
The Father, The Son, and The Unholy Heist
LEIBOVITZ, LIEL
Israel's unlikeliest folk hero roars back to center stage. But don't expect a Hollywood ending. LIEL LEIBOVITZ IN A SMALL TOWN in northern Israel, a giddy group of adults are sitting in a...
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The Jewish Money Culture
Fishkoff, Sue
_the_ Jewish MONEY CULTURE SUE FISHKOFF When I was a child, Jewish philanthropy meant the blue-and-white Jewish National Fund pushke can on my grandmother's kitchen counter. I watched her...
The Savior of the Jews
SILVERMAN, SUSAN
REVIEWS Books, Music & Video The Savior of the Jews The Fourth Commandment-Remember the Sabbath Day Francine Klagsbrun New York: Harmony Books, 2002. 256 pp., hardcover $24 REVIEWED BY...
Cutting to the Core
Milgrom, Jo
Cutting to the Core Traditional Jewish Papercuts—An Inner World of Art and Symbol Joseph and Yehudit Shadur Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2002. 234 pp., hardcover...
Gracing the Get with Godliness
RIEMER, JACK
Gracing the Get with Godliness Divorce is a Mtevah—A Practical Guide to Finding Wholeness and Holiness When Your Marriage Dies Rabbi Perry Netter Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2002....
Notable Books
Notable Books Hiding Places Daniel Asa Rose (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002) Part memoir, part diary, part travel journal. Hiding Plata details the physical and spiritual journey of acclaimed...
Contributors
Contributors Brian Abrahams ("A Damn Good Jew") worked as a professional for two national Jewish organizations. He has written about parenting for the Chicago Tribune and dadmag.com, and has also...
Spice Box
SPICE BOX What's big and green and asks why you weren't in shul last week? Raiders of the Lost Highway He sings, he dances, he davens Neither rain nor sleet nor...
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