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Vol. 034 Issue 001 (March 1 2009)
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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 Unlike my grandparents, I didn't flee pogroms in Eastern Europe to come to a new country. Unlike family members they left behind, I've never been persecuted. Nor...
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CONTRIBUTORS
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CONTRIBUTORS Jody Bolz (“Moonrise Over Washington”) is the author of A Lesson in Narrative Time. Her poems have appeared in such journals as The American Scholar and Ploughshares. She edits Poet...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS The Jewish-black alliance was not always a one-way street. During the 1940s, many prominent African-Americans supported the Bergson Group, which organized rallies, lobbied Washington and...
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IT'S TIME FOR AMERICAN JEWS TO SPEAK UP!
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Gorenberg, Gershom
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OPINION GERSHOM GORENBERG It’s Time for American Jews To Speak Up! Will American Jews dare to ask the same questions that are regularly asked by the Israelis themselves? Will they listen to their...
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LEARNING TO LOVE EVANGELICALS
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Breger, Marshall
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OPINION MARSHALL BREGER Learning to Love Evangelicals The truth is that despite the Jewish community's reputation as progressive and open-minded, its perceptions of evangelicals are based largely...
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ISRAELI FILMS BOLDLY GO WHERE FEW POLITICIANS DARE
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Alterman, Eric
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OPINION ERIC ALTERMAN Israeli Films Boldly Go Where Few Politicians Dare Emotionally powerful, thoughtful and nuanced, the country's cinema focuses on the most contentious issues in Israeli...
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FORCE: AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
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Frum, David
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OPINION DAVID FRUM Force: An Inconvenient Truth My friend Richard Perle likes to repeat a story of an encounter with a peace protester. "War solves nothing," the protester said. "Well," Richard...
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THE MAN BEHIND THE FED
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HISTORY BOX The Man Behind the Fed It was a matter of curiosity and some resentment that the only person to foresee the crash of 1907, the resounding culmination of a half-century of intermittent...
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GREAT SEDER FILMS
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Alterman, Eric
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Eric Alterman Great Seder Films Marjorie Morningstar, 1958 Crimes & Misdemeanors, 198 It Runs in the Family, 2003 When Do We Eat?, 2005 Passover works for movies the way Christmas does: Through...
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THE MANY MEANINGS OF PASSOVER
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JEWISH WORD The Many Meanings of Passover The etymology of the word Passover seems obvious. Passover, the English translation of pesach, means that God passed over the houses of Hebrews marked...
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AN ISRAELI PRESCRIPTION FOR AMERICAN HEALTH CARE
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JEWISH ENTERPRISE An Israeli Prescription for American Health Care One of the major grievances among critics of America’s health care system is that it has not adopted electronic medical records...
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WHAT ETHICAL LESSONS CAN BE LEARNED FROM THE BERNIE MADOFF SCANDAL?
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ASK THE RABBIS What Ethical Lessons Can Be Learned from the Bernie Madoff Scandal? Chabad Scandal? What scandal? I have been trying so hard to be non-judgmental, tolerant of people’s opinions...
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CAN ERIC CANTOR SAVE THE GOP?
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GREENBERGER, ROBERT S.
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Can Eric Cantor Save the GOP? By Robert S. Greenberger Not long ago, Eric Cantor wouldn’t have been recognized if he strolled outside the U.S. Capitol grounds. But now the 45-year-old minority...
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TALKING TO THEO
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Tannen, Deborah
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A MOMENT WITH THEODORE BIKEL Talking Theo A Conversation with Deborah Tannen While Theodore Bikel may be best known for his defining portrayal of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof— a role he has...
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POEM
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Bolz, Judy
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MOONRISE OVER WASHINGTON -November 11, 2008 For half my life I’ve walked by this river late in the afternoon, evening coming on like a dream of home or a mirror in which failure, already dark,...
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RETURN TO CENTRO HISTORICO
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Stavans, Ilan
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Return to Centro Historico By Ilan Stavans A grandson of East European immigrants to Mexico City explores the capital’s forgotten Jewish history—and finds his own On a recent trip home, I did...
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A LETTER FROM CHAUTAUQUA
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Epstein, Nadine
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Letter from Chautauqua THE PROTESTANT, INTELLECTUAL PLAYGROUND FOUNDED IN THE 19TH CENTURY IS NOW HOME TO A THRIVING JEWISH COMMUNITY By Nadine Epstein ^ Inspired by the late 19th century belief...
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BERNIE MADOFF: MYSTERY MAN
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Gorilovskaya, Nonna
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BERNIE MADOFF MYSTERY MAN The man accused of running one of history’s largest Ponzi schemes remains as mysterious today as when he turned himself in on December 11. Moment senior editor Nonna...
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THE GIVING GUIDE
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MOMENT MAGAZINE GIVING guide A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION that where resources meet needs there is responsibihtv V lew* \e know this to lie tru, rzedakah is not viewed as a heroic act in...
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THE HIGHER LEARNING GUIDE
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MOMENT MAGAZINE theHIGHER LEARNINGguweiP A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION HORNSTEIN: THE JEWISH PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Hornstein’s mission is to prepare the next...
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JEWISH HEALTH
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JewishHealth your guide to intelligent living With this issue, Moment launches JewishHealth: Your Guide to Intelligent Living. Use this guide to stay informed about a wide spectrum of issues that...
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THE SWEET STORY OF CHAROSET
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The Sweet Story of Charoset Charoset, that aromatic ensemble of fruits, nuts, spices and wine, may be the tastiest traditional food on the Seder plate, but why it is there is a matter of debate....
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MAXWELL HOUSE HAGGADAH: GOOD TO THE LAST PAGE
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Maxwell House Haggadah: Good to the Last Page In 1923, when Maxwell House Coffee signed on with the Joseph Jacobs Advertising agency in New York, it was already a legend. Theodore Roosevelt...
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AMERICA'S OTHER JEWS
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Behar, Ruth
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BOOK REVIEWS America’s Other Jews Ruth Behar Sephardic Jews in America: A Diasporic History By Aviva Ben-Ur NYU Press 2009, $35.00, pp. 321 Reading Aviva Ben-Ur’s Sephardic Jews in America, I...
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BOOK CLUB
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BOOK CLUB THE LAST OF THE JUST Andre Schwarz-Bart is not exactly a household name in Jewish America these days. His books do not adorn shelves alongside those of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth....
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THE EVOLUTION OF JUDAS
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Baumann, Paul
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BOOK REVIEWS The Evolution of Judas Paul Baumann Judas: A Biography By Susan Gubar W.W. Norton & Co. 2009, $27.95, pp. 453 Notorious recipient of 30 pieces of silver. Betrayer with a kiss. Odd...
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THE BOOK GUIDE
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MOMENT MAGAZINE the BOOK guide Please order books by using the contact information below, or visit your local or online retailer NANA LENA’S KITCHEN Recipes for Life Amy Ostrower A...
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SLUMLORD MILLIONAIRE
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Freedman, Samuel
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BOOK REVIEWS Slumlord Millionaire Samuel Freedman The Clothes on Their Backs By Linda Grant Scribner 2008, $14.00, pp. 304 The Oxford English Dictionary contains the noun Rachmanism, which it...
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WHY JEWISH WOMEN MARRY OUT
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Weisberg, Jennifer
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BOOK REVIEWS Why Jewish Women Marry Out Jennifer Weisberg Still Jewish: A History of Women and Intermarriage in America By Keren McGinity NYU Press 2009, $39.00, pp. 307 In the early 1970s, as...
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