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Vol. 033 Issue 005 (September 1 2008)
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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 Since 2006, and for the first time in history, there has been a majority of non-Protestant justices on the Supreme Court. Religious diversity is surely a sign of...
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CONTRIBUTORS
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CONTRIBUTORS Joan Alpert (“Religion & the Supreme Court”) is a senior editor at Moment. Her article “A Shtickl on Shtick” appeared in the July/August issue. Clyde Haberman (“A Democracy Fix for...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS “The only real alternative to a two-state solution is too painful to fathom: a bi-national state in which Jews are the minority, the end of Zionism, the demise of the Jewish state and a...
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STOP BLAMING THE (JEWISH) NEO-CONSEVATIVE CABAL!
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Frum, David
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OPINION DAVID FRUM Stop Blaming the (Jewish) Neo-Conservative Cabal! In the urgency of debate, Bush critics have shown themselves willing to reach for any weapon at hand. Some, including some of...
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GRILLED SHRIMP AND ROCK STARS ON A BED OF NAILS
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Alterman, Eric
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OPINION ERIC ALTERMAN Grilled Shrimp and Rock Stars on a Bed of Nails The days when Israel was a culturally isolated, neargarrison state are over. However disappointingly it may have ended, a...
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WHY JEWS SHOULD VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA
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POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN
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OPINION LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN Why Jews Should Vote for Barack Obama Slash-and-burn opposition forces—including, shamefully, Senator Joseph Lieberman—want you to believe Obama is “anti-Israel,"...
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WHY AMERICAN JEWS SHOULD VOTE FOR MCCAIN
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RAGEN, NAOMI
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OPINION NAOMI RAGEN Why American Jews Should Vote for McCain As I sit in Israel, with an Iranian bomb hanging over our heads, Hamas on our southern border and Hezbollah in the north, you can...
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WILL THE "ISRAEL BUTTON" BACKFIRE?
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Guttman, Nathan
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OPINION NATHAN GUTTMAN Will the “Israel Button” Backfire? American Jewish voters— and political strategists might not be pleased to hear this—don't fall into one category. There is no one button...
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TO LIFE! TO LIFE! L'CHAIM!
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JEWISH WORD To Life! To Life! L'chaiml “Mazel tov...I’chaim..1 wish for you a hundred years of success,” raps hip-hop artist Jay-Z in a recent music video for the 2007 song ROC Boys (And the...
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THE BAR MITZVAH FROM HELL-AND HEAVEN
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FILM WATCH The Bar Mitzvah from Hell—and Heaven “Some boys don’t get picked in life.” So begins Sixty Six, the “true-ish” tale of 12-year-old Bernie Rubens (Gregg Sulkin) and the most important...
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SELECTION FROM THE 2008 MOMENT MAGAZINE PRESIDENTIAL POLL
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ELECTION 2008 Selections from the 2008 Moment Magazine Presidential Poll McCain is a lot closer to my Jewish conservative principles than Obama. I am not devoted to either candidate. However, I...
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POLL RESULTS
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ELECTION 2008 Poll Results: Barack Obama: 69.7 percent John McCain: 27.3 percent Undecided: 3 percent Barack Obama combines the skill of an artful politician with the caring qualities of a true...
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MOMENTS FROM THE MOMENT ARCHIVES
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ELECTION 2008 Presidential Election Moments from the Moment Archives In Moment’s inaugural issue, Rabbi Harold Schulweis fretted about the “rise of Jewish conservatism.” The year was 1975, but...
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DOES POLITICS BELONG ON THE BIMA?
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ASK THE RABBIS Does Politics Belong on the Bima? Sephardi Politics is inappropriate for discussion in mixed company. Political opinions are considered highly personal and extremely sensitive in...
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A LEADING MAN'S WISDOM
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Wolpe, Rabbi David
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A JEWISH LIFE A Leading Man’s Wisdom Kirk Douglas reflects on faith, life, death and the immortality of the Jewish people. Interview by Rabbi David Wolpe Kirk Douglas is about to turn 92. Each...
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POEM
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Pelzman, Robin
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Mezuzah I only pray on airplanes, the slimmest possible prayer; my hands don’t cover my eyes to light candles; challah is rarely on the table. In our son’s first days, we give him what little we...
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GALLERY
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GALLERY View of the Yud from Yerba Buena Lane: San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum Opened this June, the new home of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is architect Daniel...
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RELIGION & THE SUPREME COURT
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Alpert, Joan
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RELIGION & THE SUPREME COURT Moses, Solomon and Muhammad stand side by side with historical legal giants such as Hammurabi, Solon and Napoleon on the marble friezes in the main chamber of the U.S....
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RELIGION AND THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
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RELIGION AND THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES Anthony McLeod Kennedy, bom into a middle class family in California, is a Catholic. He served as an altar boy at his church and is currently a...
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RETURN TO JEWISH KURDISTAN
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Sabar, Ariel
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RETURN to JEWISH KURDISTAN A FATHER AND SON JOURNEY TO IRAQ DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE INSURGENCY By Ariel Sabar It was the hottest part of the afternoon—a dry 110 degrees—when my father and I...
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THE GIVING GUIDE
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theGIVINGguide The current economic downturn in the United Sta es is affecting everyone, from the donors whose livelihoods and investments are down to the local and national institutions that make...
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(REAL) LIFE IN A SPEECH BALLOON
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Heller, Steven
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BOOK REVIEWS (Real) Life in a Speech Balloon Steven Heller Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist As a Young %@&*! By Art Spiegelman Pantheon Books 2008, $27.50, pp. 72 Before reviewing this new...
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MOMENT BOOK CLUB
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MOMENT BOOK CLUB SEPTEMBER • OCTOBER 2008 Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-lsraeli Conflict By Amy Dockster Marcus Viking Adult, 2007 When did the Israeli-Arab conflict begin? Jerusalem...
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ELIEZER'S OBESSION
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Offit, Sidney
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BOOK REVIEWS Eliezer’s Obsession Sidney Offit Resurrecting Hebrew By Han Stavans Schocken Books 2008, $21.00, pp. 240 Ilan Stavans’ Resurrecting Hebrew is a daring literary adventure, fusing...
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THE BOOK GUIDE
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theBOOKguide Please order books by using the contact information below, or visit your local or online retailer YOGA AND JUDAISM Steven J. Gold Did sons of Abraham go to India and propagate...
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A DEMOCRACY FIX FOR ISRAEL
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Haberman, Clyde
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BOOK REVIEWS A Democracy Fix for Israel Clyde Haberman The Hebrew Republic: How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace At Last By Bernard Avishai Harcourt, Inc. 2008,...
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DIRECTIONLESS IN THE DUNES
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Viorst, Milton
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BOOK REVIEWS Directionless in the Dunes Milton Viorst A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East By Kenneth M. Pollack Random House 2008, $30.00, pp. 539 Gamal...
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