Beginnings
Random notes on this month's issue, and related matters: 1. I am told that there is talk about whether Jews, as Jews, should be concerned with the Sakharov matter. I cannot comprehend what I am...
...We were raised by siblings, and so put to bed with the same bed-time stories...
...At the very least, we owe him...
...And, debts aside, do we not still believe that Jews belong with those who celebrate freedom wherever freedom is endangered...
...The song of the Russian Jews is "Otpusti Narod Moi"— "Let My People Go...
...7. Our next issue will be mailed on March 28, which means that it won't reach you until after the seder...
...Hence our recipes, in this issue, for haroset...
...Also good news...
...The same will not be true, is not true, for our children...
...You will, we trust, be pleased to know that we returned it to the sender, indicating that we would be happy to enter a subscription if paid for properly...
...I cannot comprehend what I am told...
...The experience of the Russian Jews, and our involvement in their liberation, makes it just a bit easier to understand what it means to recite, as soon we will, that "In each generation, each of us must feel as if he— personally—had been redeemed out of the house of bondage...
...And the second shows that among younger Conservative and Reform rabbis, moment is the most frequently read Jewish magazine...
...moment welcomes letters to the editor...
...One modest aspect of that crafting is the enlargement of opportunity for each community to encounter the literature of the other...
...4. It has come to our attention that our readers, long may they live and subscribe, are not immune from Marathon Madness...
...But not when accompanied by a check such as that which we reproduce here...
...Time and again, Andrei Sakharov has stood beside Jews, and Zionism, and Israel...
...We did so because it is a revealing and an interesting article, and because Pesach is coming up fast...
...Aharon Appelfeld's short story in this issue initiates a new effort on our part to bring distinguished Israeli fiction to our readers...
...One shows that at Ohio State University, moment is—by far—the most extensively read Jewish periodical (out of 182 the library's Periodical Reading Room receives...
...3. One of our ongoing concerns is the growing distance between Israeli culture and American Jewish culture...
...Connections that seemed organic yesterday must be crafted today...
...And even if it were only freedom-in-general that he had espoused, not singling out the Jews, would we not still be in his debt...
...We invite all moment subscribers who have succumbed to MM and who will be running in Boston to contact our office...
...We do better than Commentary, Present Tense, Midstream, Hadassah Magazine and the National Jewish Monthly put together...
...6. We also welcome new subscriptions, almost always...
...So how come you don't write...
...2. Before Sakharov was sent to Gorky, we had scheduled the article by Vladimir Lazaris for publication in this issue...
...5. Two research studies have recently crossed our desk...
...Hence also our very best wishes for a rich, joyous and meaningful holiday to each of you...
...We will not run with you, but we'd like to cheer you on, and we plan to invite all of you to a post-M party...
...April is coming soon, and with it the Boston Marathon...
...Note the stamped message on the check...
...Naturally, we're gratified...
...From the time we learned of his banishment, it was clear to us that this magazine would speak out, and the reason was no less clear: This is a Jewish magazine...
...Many of us have first cousins, or their equivalents, in Israel...
Vol. 5 • March 1980 • No. 3
