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Vol. 031 Issue 001 (February 1 2006)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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FROM THE EDITOR
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EPSTEIN, EDITOR NADINE
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FROM THE EDITOR NADINE EPSTEIN Our February issue wrestles with a range of questions, including one most of us have been struggling with since childhood—"What happens after we die?" When I was 13...
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CONTRIBUTORS
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CONTRIBUTORS llya Kaminsky ("Envoi") is the author of Dancing In Odessa which won the Whiting Writer's Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Metcalf Award, the Dorset Prize and the...
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OPINION
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SHANKS, HERSHEL
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OPINION HERSHEL SHANKS Sharon's Exit The long range implications for peace As I write, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has come out of surgery with his future in doubt. For him...
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OPINION
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SINGER, SUZANNE F.
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OPINION SUZANNE F.SINGER The Pleasures of the Promised Land Zionism is not the only reason to visit Israel I'm astounded that 65 percent of American Jews have never visited Israel. Compare...
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OPINION
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Fein, Leonard
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OPINION LEONARD FEIN Reflections on Sharon Unilateral action defines the man and his era The woman seated next to me on the flight from Israel the morning after Ariel Sharon's massive...
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OPINION
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Breger, Marshall
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OPINION MARSHALL BREGER Who Needs Think Tanks? The common sense way to ensure a Jewish future Every few years the Jewish community starts to obsess once again on the subject of the future....
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LETTERS
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LETTERS "The attempt to give credence to this ideological bedmate of George Soros, Farrakhan and the Hollywood airheads considerably reduces Moments stature as a platform of serious discussion....
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IN THE MOMENT
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IN THE MOMENT THE JEWISH WORD The Yiddish Sisyphus In English the best we can do is to suffer from "the February blahhs." A for memorable kvetcb is the Yiddish expression lign in dr'erd un...
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FILM WATCH
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FILM WATCH Tybe Syrian Bride, a terrifically ambitious and generous film by veteran Israeli director Eran Riklis, takes place over the course of a long, sun-soaked day among the Druze on the...
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THE THEATRE SCENE
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THE THEATRE SCENE Richard Greenberg: Speaking in Drafts Talking to Richard Greenberg, the two-time Pulitzer finalist and Tony Award-winning playwright, comes with a disclaimer. "Every interview...
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JEWISH ENTERPRISE: THE MEMORY TRANSFER MAN
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JEWISH ENTERPRISE: THE MEMORY TRANSFER MAN It's as if his destiny had been sealed before he was born. Did this occur at the moment that his mother was separated from her first husband and son...
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ASK THE RABBIS
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ASK THE RABBIS Lubavitch Hasidism Hebrew gives us three distinct and paradoxical words for a cemetery: 1) beit havkarot, meaning a home for burial; 2) beit otam, meaning a home of eternity;...
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A JEWISH LIFE
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A JEWISH LIFE In Chambers with Ruth Bader Ginsburg Abigail Pogrebin Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a run in her stocking, which, I must admit, puts me at ease. It's my first time in a U.S....
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Envoi
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Envoi "You wiil die on a boat from Yalta to Odessa" —a fortune teller, 1992 What ties me to this earth? In Massachusetts, the birds force themselves into my lines— the sea repeats itself,...
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Saving General Lee
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O'Sullivan, Arieh
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Saving General Lee Arieh O'Sullivan Living in Israel has always been difficult, trying to eke out a living as an immigrant without relatives amid the burdens of heavy taxes, army reserve duty...
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MOMENT GALLERY
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MOMENT GALLERY These late Canaanite sarcophagi (14th-13th B.C.E) were buried under massive sand dunes. They were were unearthed in an ancient cemetery south of Gaza City in Deir...
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Battle of the Chairs
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Battle of the Chairs Arab princes and wealthy Jews vie for influence on American campuses Liel Leibovitz The photograph tells all. It is July 2000, shortly after the Israel Defense Forces have...
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Do you think Richard Nixon was an Anti-Semite?
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Do you think Richard Nixon was an Anti-Semite? GREENBERG: Unquestionably. It wasn't until the tapes came out that people realized the extent of it. But as early as the 1950s, there was awareness...
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How did Nixon come by his attitudes?
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How did Nixon come by his attitudes? DALLEK: Nixon was reared [in a milieu that fostered] a lower middle class resentment toward Jews, who were seen as better off, more successful, better...
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Did Nixon dislike Jews because he perceived them as enemies?
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Did Nixon dislike Jews because he perceived them as enemies? DALLEK: That was part of the resentment. Jews didn't vote for him. He also saw them as part of the intellectual establishment of the...
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If NixoN was an anti-Semite, why did he appoint so many Jews to high level positions?
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If NixoN was an anti-Semite, why did he appoint so many Jews to high level positions? Above: President Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Donald Rumsfeld in Belgium in 1974. KUTLER: Nixon was kind of...
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Did Nixon's feelings toward Jews influence his policy decisions?
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Did Nixon's feelings toward Jews influence his policy decisions? GREENBERG: On the one hand, you have to acknowledge the fact that not everything he says in one of these tirades is going to turn...
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MOMENT MAGAZINE-KARMA FOUNDATION
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MOMENT MAGAZINE-KARMA FOUNDATION Raoul Wallenberg in Orbit by Andrew Fox He's alive. The story on page I4A of The New York Times only confirms what I've prayed would be true, providing one...
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Guide to Higher Learning
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Guide to Higher Learning The academy—the center of higher Jewish learning—has been the indispensable catalyst for Jewish survival throughout the ages. From earliest Biblical times until today,...
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Jewish Camp Guide 2006
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Jewish Camp Guide 2006 Why a Jewish summer camp? Why not a baseball camp, or a computer camp or an outdoor adventure camp? After all, camp is just about making friends, being outside, and eating...
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jcc camps
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jcc camps THE LARGEST NETWORK OF JEWISH DAY & RESIDENT CAMPS IN NORTH AMERICA Dynamic, fun-filled programs, for both day and resident camps, with an emphasis on Jewish values and identity e...
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ISRAEL PROGRAM GUIDE
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ISRAEL PROGRAM GUIDE Within the Jewish community, Israel has long been considered the center of the Judaic experience. For many centuries returning to Zion has been one of the central themes of...
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books of Jewish Interest
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books of Jewish Interest A review of current books selected by advertisers for readers to enjoy. Megiuat Esther JT Waldman Praised by 77je Fomard and The Jerusalem Report, among others, this...
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The Bizarre Life of the Protocols of Zion
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Kampeas, Ron
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The Bizarre Life of the Protocols of Zion Ron Kampeas The notion of a super-villain who refuses to die was familiar to Will Eisner, one of the great 20th century comic book innovators. Eisner's...
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In Search of the Shattered Tribe
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Frank, Ben
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In Search of the Shattered Tribe by Ben Frank Jewish travelers have combed far-off lands in search of lost fragments of the shattered tribe. As befits "the people of the book," many of these...
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A Moment with Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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A Moment with Zalman Schachter-Shalomi In his 81 years, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi has worn many hats: the enormous fur cap of the Hasidic Jew, the jaunty beret of the beatnik, the radiant...
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A Journey To America
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Levitin, Sonia
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A Journey To America by Sonia Levitin This is the story of Lisa Piatt and her family's escape from Germany in 1938. Her father goes on ahead to America while Lisa stays with her mother and...
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Sam I Am
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Cooper, Ilene
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Sam I Am By Ilene Cooper Twelve-year-old Sam Goodman knows the holidays are going to be difficult when his dog knocks over his family s Hanukkah bush-Christmas tree. His Jewish father and...
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
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Blume, Judy
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume Margaret Simon is starting sixth grade in a new school in a new state and isn't happy about all the changes. Her parents were raised in...
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SPICE BOX
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SPICE BOX Honk if you're fasting SUBMITTED BY STUART FEDEROW FROM HOUSTON, TX SOURCE: STUARTS OWN CAR! God, the next big thing SUBMITTED BY DOUG WREN FROM ATLANTA. GA SOURCE: PROGRAM FOR THE...
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