In A Moment
IN A MOMENT Some otherwise nice people are ant i-Semilic. So whal L'lsc is new? How do we plumb the mystery of that one? What is it about us? Or them? It's like trying to explain why Israel, one...
...Why are we so fascinating...
...Political scientist Daniel Ela7ar looks at electoral reform plans and advocates a far-reaching revamping of the way Israelis choose their prime minister in "Not Whether...
...Should we dismiss it as part of the baggage of a lime now past...
...These and other questions are explored in Michael Wyschogrod's insightful consideration or the recent furor over the discovery of Mencken's anti-Semitism as reflected in his newly published diaries...
...Hut Haw to Reform Israel's Electoral Svstem...
...It's a brimful issue...
...the magazine and the movement he has created are remarkable achievements...
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...The perplexity deepens when we consider some of the world's geniuses—-the great and sensitive people...
...We alwavs knew that fews Were richer and belter educated than Americans as a whole ((jcoi'gc Gallup now tells us by bow much), but how do we compare in the importance we attach to religion and in our worship attendance...
...They're definitely space age and the field is crowded, wtvtrvr surveys the field—the good and the bad— in "The New Shiiifdiem" (See p. 4fi...
...Do we focus on the an rather than the man...
...How can we— or should we—listen to Wagner's music, read Eliot's poems or enjoy Mencken's books and persona...
...See p. W.) The nation's leading financial guru, Henry Kaufman, told moukvi about the limited economic role the United States can play in Eastern Europe, a potential opening for Israel there, the prospects for a recession in the United Stales, and how yon can protect yourseir...
...We'll be waiting for your reactions...
...Should it come as a shock to discover that they, too, share the disease known as anti-Semitism—people like Richard Wagner, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot—and now- H. L. Mencken...
...See p. 34...
...With all the media hype aboiu the new Sieinsahz Talmud, can this Jewish classic be made meaningful for model' n Jews...
...See p. 36...
...Whether one agrees with him or not...
...In an in-depth report, MOMKST concludes thai although we often disagree with Lerner, he keeps us on our toes and enlivens [ewish journalism...
...Few American Jews have received more media mention recently than Michael Lerner, the flamboyant, some-limes antagonizing editor of Tikkun, ihe self-siyled voice of the progressive American [ewish left...
...If you think vou've read the last word on it, (urn lo "Will Success Spoil the Talmud...
...1 fe also spoke movingly about his own escape from the Nayis and about the statue of Abraham that dominates his office...
...Wlty...
...See p. 52...
...Both have interesting ideas, and we would all do well to consider ihem—even if we reject them...
...It's like trying to explain why Israel, one among 218 countries, with only .09 percent of the world's population, seems to get about 10 percent of the overseas press coverage...
...The Jewish community is healthy enough not to be threatened by the extreme left or right...
...Israelis have demonstrated, even gone on hunger strikes lo show their disgust with the govcnmcntal paralysis resulting from their current electoral system...
...Do we balance the anti-Semitism against other facets of character...
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...Are the new shadr/wHs (matchmakers) any different from or better lhan the old ones...
Vol. 15 • June 1990 • No. 3
