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Vol. 031 Issue 005 (October 1 2006)
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FROM THE EDITOR
Epstein, Nadine
FROM THE EDITOR NADINE EPSTEIN My son, now 14, turned to me the other day and suggested that we move away from our home in the nation's capital. "Eventually Mom," he said, "you know we're going...
CONTRIBUTORS
CONTRIBUTORS David Busis ("Hoarding Mabsouta") is a recent graduate of Yale University. He currently lives in Boston, where he is an intern at The Atlantic Monthly online. Christopher...
OPINION
Fein, Leonard
OPINION LEONARD FEIN Standing with Israel, but... Our love of Zion must not render us mute "We Stand With Israel." These words are unavoidable, inscribed on front lawn signs of synagogues all...
OPINION
SINGER, SUZANNE F.
O P I N 1 O N SUZANNE F . SINGER The Price of Contentment How many times must we relearn the same lessons? My mother-in-law, Jeanne Singer, died in Jerusalem this summer,...
OPINION
Breger, Marshall
OPINION MARSHALL BREGER The Perils and Limits of Force Beware the Law of Unanticipated Consequences Generally, I tend to avoid books by ex-government officials about their rime in office,...
OPNION
RAGEN, NAOMI
OPINION NAOMI RAGEN Between Hope and a Hard Place A mother's fear, a people's need My first son was born in August, 1973, two years after we climbed aboard an El Al plane and left New York, my...
OPINION
YGLESIAS, MATTHEW
OPINION MATTHEW YGLESIAS Know Thine Enemies Lumping Islamic fundamentalists together is appealing but counterproductive Shortly before his death in June, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of...
LETTERS
LETTERS The Life of Brian She Loves Him, Yeah I love you dearly for the beautiful and dignified tribute in the August 2006 article on Brian Epstein, "The Man Behind the Beatles." Brian has been...
A MOMENT IN HISTORY
A MOMENT IN HISTORY FIORELLO LACUARDIA [1892-1947] They called him the "Little Flower," a reference to his diminutive stature and a translation of his first name, and his last name...
FILM WATCH
FILM WATCH With its then-and-now peek behind the veneer of a typical suburban New York Jewish family, the intimate first-person documentary 5/ Birch Street is something of a detective story. But...
THE JEWISH WORD
THE JEWISH WORD Searching for Zion Zion" is everywhere. The Z_ lyrics of bass-thumping reggae music are peppered with references to Zion. It's the name of the enlightened underground city in the...
JEWISH ENTERPRISE
JEWISH ENTERPRISE (Rabbi) Card Crazy After All These Years II I was one of Maryland's first major I collectors of baseball cards," says Arthur Shugarman as he strokes his graying beard and...
ASK THE RABBIS
ASK THE RABBIS Sephardic, Modern Orthodox Since the pagan elements of trick-or-treating have effectively been "neutralized," is it wrong to allow our children to participate? The Torah's answer...
A JEWISH LIFE
A JEWISH LIFE Etgar Keret Has a Cold Rebecca Frankel When I met Etgar Keret he had a cold. His head was aching and he was feeling a little feverish. Which is how I ended up in the cold and flu...
Hoarding Mabsouta
ESSAYS Hoarding Mabsouta David Busis The Maine night was lush: humid but cool. We sat around our campfire while bullfrogs croaked like rusty joints and loons sent their calls over a lake so...
Uri, My Dear Son
ESSAYS Uri, My Dear Son David Grossman Uri Grossman, the son of Israeli novelist and peace activist David Grossman, was killed on August 12, 2006, after his tank was hit by a Hezbollah missile...
EDITORIAL CARTOON
EDITORIAL CARTOON Steve Mielczarek, from London, Ontario, won first place in Moments 2006 Editorial Cartoon...
MOMENT GALLERY
MOMENT GALLERY Mementos by Tamar Hirschl, 2004. Mixed media on vinyl, 94" x 55" Mementos /// is one of a series of large-scale murals expressing the enduring impact of the Holocaust. The artist...
The Seven Laws of NoaH AND THE Non Jewish Who Follow Them
KRESS, MICAHEL
The Seven Laws of Noah Non-Jews Who Follow Them BY MICHAEL KRESS Sitting at a table at Mendy's Kosher Delicatessen in New York, Jim Long pauses to say a blessing in Hebrew before biting into...
19 Hours and 20 minutes in Tel Aviv's Central Bus Station
Carl Hoffman | Photography by Abba Richman It's Sunday, August 13th. I'm sitting in a big green, oppressively over-air conditioned Egged commuter bus rolling through the empty streets of Tel...
Letters from Macedonia
LETTER FROM Macedonia STORY BY CHRISTOPHER DELISO PHOTOGRAPHY BY BORIS GRDANOSKI nee a year, in March, Moritz Romano returns f J to his hometown of Bitola in southern Macedonia....
HOW TO DEAL WITH HATRED
HOW TO DEAL WITH HATRED Hatred grows from ignorance, injustice and intolerance. It is fed by the absence of truthful and objective information about the other. At the Givat Haviva Institute in...
Giving Guide
Giving Guide As the High Holidays approach, once again we find ourselves seized by the importance and significance of this season in which we both personally, and as a people, mark the...
Books of Jewish Interest
books of Jewish Interest A review of current books selected by advertisers for readers to enjoy. Secular Judaism: Faith, Values and Spirituality YaakmMalkin How do I lead my life as a Cultural...
Evolution, Perplexed
ROTHENBERG, JENNIE
Evolution, Perplexed Jennie Rothenberg On the rough-and-tumble playground of modern ideas, science and religion have had to be pried apart time and again like unruly children. Whenever they...
Haunted by Yellow Stars
Epstein, Nadine
Haunted by Yellow Stars Nadine Epstein As a child, Howard Reich, a Chicago Tribune jazz critic, imagined himself an ail-American boy living with his parents and younger sister in a cramped ranch...
A Moment with Rabbi Niles Goldstein
AUTHOR INTERVIEW A Moment with Rabbi Niles Goldstein Author of Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith Niles Goldstein isn't your typical pulpit rabbi. His belief that American...
Spice Box
SPICE BOX Where do they toss the rest of us? SUBMITTED BY HARVEY HEIKEN. CHESTERFIELD. MISSOURI Snack of David SUBMITTED BY RABBI BRUCE KADDEN. TACOMA. WASHINGTON Mr. Gold does most of the...
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