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Vol. 030 Issue 001 (February 1 2005)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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FROM THE EDITOR
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Epstein, Nadine
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FROM THE EDITOR NADINE EPSTEIN Many Jews today are understandably wary of Islam. You may have had conversations similar to the ones I've had in which intelligent Jews—including dear friends and...
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CONTRIBUTORS
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CONTRIBUTORS Amy Blumenfeld ("Sarah's Story") is a freelance writer and a former editor of George magazine. She has written for 0—The Oprah Magazine, People and Self. Amy lives in New York City...
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Why Arafat Said "No" to Peace
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SHANKS, HERSHEL
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OPINION HERSHEL SHANKS Why Arafat Said "No" to Peace The United States—and Arab states—are to blame. I have never blamed the late Yasser Arafat for saying "No" at Camp David or even at Taba...
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Fear of Evangelicals
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SINGER, SUZANNE F.
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Fear of Evangelicals It makes sense for Jews and Evangelical Christians to sit down and talk. SUZANNE F. SINGER Full disclosure: M y husband and I, as most Moment readers know, live in...
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Anti-choice Laws Collide With Jewish Law
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POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN
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Anti-choice Laws Collide With Jewish Law Halachic authorities say that life begins at birth, not conception. LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN Here's a church-state issue you may have missed: Anti-choice...
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Lessons From the 2004 Presidential Election
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Breger, Marshall
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Lessons From the 2004 Presidential Election The Jewish community needs to learn from "red" Jews. Marshall Breger Republican Jews are overjoyed at the President's November victory, while...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS Jews For Jesus David Brickner, Executive Director of Jews for Jesus sent these two letters. First Reaction I can't even begin to tell you how very disappointed I am with the article...
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FIFTYSEVEN SIXTY FIVE
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FIFTYSEVEN SIXTY FIVE TELEVISION Alternate Realities For Americans, reality TV means watching beautiful people submerge themselves in tanks of spiders or engage in cutthroat competition for...
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IN THE MOMENT EDUCATION
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IN THE MOMENT EDUCATION Zooming In After spending a large part of his career traveling to distant lands such as Russia, Africa, India and Uzbekistan, photographing tiny communities of Jews who...
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ASK THE RABBIS
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ASK THE RABBIS Every day, I pass homeless people on the street who ask me for money. What should I do? Give money? Offer food? Conversation? How can I distinguish between one person in need and...
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Contacting Divinity: The Life and Work of Daniel Matt
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Gorney, Douglas
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OLAM THE JEWISH WORLD Contacting Divinity: The Life and Work of Daniel Matt Douglas Gorney in his o f f i c e , tucked into the back of his home in the hills high above Berkeley, Daniel...
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An Evening on My Street
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Szymel, Maurycy
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An Evening on My Street Peeling walls shimmer in candlelight. My mother's tired eyes squint. It smells of fish, tea, and cake. In the evening we can go out for a walk under the stars. The...
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We'll Build Our Land with Love, with Love!
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Oz, Amos
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We'll Build Our Land with Love, with Love! Amos Oz Ostensibly, in t h o s e days it was the pioneers who occupied the highest rung on the ladder of prestige. But the pioneers lived far from...
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Who Hijacked Islam
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Fadl, Khaled Abou El
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Who Hijacked Islam There are many responses to this seemingly simple question. One Muslim scholar believes radical 18th century Wahhabism, promoted by Saudi Arabia, has heavily influenced Osama...
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A Threat to the United States
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A Threat to the United States Wahhabis now control American Islam," says Stephen Schwartz, author of the controversial The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror....
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Drawing the Line
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KLUG, LISA ALCALAY
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Drawing the Line The Ever-Shifting World of Political Cartoons in Israel Lisa Alcalay Klug Back in the idealistic 1930s, celebrated Zionist leaders in Palestine shunned class distinctions and...
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"I am a Zionist. That's my politics."
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"I am a Zionist. That's my politics." Ask most Americans about cartoonists in Israel and they are likely to mention Yaakov Kirschen, the man who created the comic strip Dry Bones. A Brooklyn...
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Cotton, Catfish & Challah
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ROTHENBERG, JENNIE
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Cotton, Catfish & Challah A Tale of a Traveling Rabbi in the South Jennie Rothenberg A . t's early on a sunny Friday in January, and the cotton fields of southeastern Arkansas are a cold...
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Redefining Surrogacy For the Modern Age
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Blumenfeld, Amy
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Redefining Surrogacy For the Modern Age Amy Blumenfeld When Sarah Timpa hears the story of the day she was born, she will learn that on May 20, 2002, her parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles...
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Infertility Technology: A Jewish Debate?
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Infertility Technology: A Jewish Debate? As it says in Ecclesiastes: Em chadash tachat nashemesn—there is nothing new under the sun. Yearning for a child and the willingness to go to great...
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Gallery
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gallery Mark Greenberg became intrigued by the Hasidim of New Square, New York after he read that one resident—a 57-yearold fish cutter—claimed to hear a large carp shouting at him in Hebrew....
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Words on Fire: The Unfinished Story
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HORN, DARA
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Words on Fire: The Unfinished Story of Yiddish By Dovid Katz Basic Books, 430 pp. $26.95 DARA HORN Those of us who are students and teachers of Yiddish are unfortunately accustomed to...
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For The Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter between Judaism and Christianity
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RIFKIN, IRA
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For The Sake of Heaven and Earth: The New Encounter between Judaism and Christianity By Rabbi Irving Greenberg Jewish Publication Society, 2004, 214 pp. $20 IRA RIFKIN Now in his early...
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The Devil's Arithmetic
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Yolen, Jane
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The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen Joshua Bryan Tarr, age 12 6tb grade, New Orleans Jewish Day School, New Orleans, LA Hannah, Chaya, Aunt Eva, Shmuel and Gid are the main characters in The...
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Habibi
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Nye, Naomi Shihab
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Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye Benjamin Shapiro Sharif, age 12 7th grade, Wildwood Secondary School, Los Angeles, CA Home is a place where someone should feel secure and loved. Habibi is a story...
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
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Kerr, Judith
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr Molly Doernberg, age 10 5th Grade, Rasbi School, Brookline, MA In the beginning of the book When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, nine-year-old Anna and...
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Number The Stars
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Lowry, Lois
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Number The Stars by Lois Lowry Naomi R. Martinez, age 9 4th grade, Rolling Terrace Elementary School, Takoma Park, MD This book is about how a non-Jewish girl named Annemarie saves Ellen, her...
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Dave at Night
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Levine, Gail Carson
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Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine Lucy Starer Marshall, age 11 Haines Middle School, South Elgin, IL Dave at Night is a fabulous book taking place in 1926 and containing a plot about a Jewish...
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Milkweed
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Spinelli, Jerry
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Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli Melissa Gertler, age 12 6th grade, Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, Tarzana, CA Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli is a story of a young boy who looks at the Holocaust...
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SPICEBOX
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SPICEBOX Neutered but not Circumcised They're okay to pet, but not to marry SUBMITTED BY LEO PECKMAN FROM VAN NUYS. CA Trip l e X-Mas Am I Hallucinating? Other strategies provided by...
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