In A MOMENT
IN A MOMENT For the Jewish community, these are not easy times— antisemitism seems to be reemerging-aftcr a brief (historically speaking) respite due to Shoah guilt—in France, Eastern Europe, the...
...Despite Israel's difficulties, this is no time, we firmly believe, to refrain from justified criticism—as long as our criticism is put into a balanced context—as we try to do in this issue's Perspective, where we consider whether Jews have the right to live anywhere injerusalem (p...
...It is also a time to look at the possibilides on the brighter side...
...And here at home, Gary A, Tobin, director of die Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, offers intriguing suggestions to assure the survival of that sometimes beleaguered Jewish institution—the synagogue (p...
...Amidst all the problems, it's somehow reassuring to read Rabbi Noah Golinkin's astounding success story in teaching thousands of Jews to read Hebrew—most recently, in a single day...
...Yet endure we will, as we have in far worse times...
...As the variety of articles in this issue of moment reflects, this is not a time for . despair, but for sober analysis...
...Is it a two-way street...
...We know the history of Christian antisemitism and the need for Christians to accept Judaism as an independent, valid spiritual community, But what about the need for Jews to understand and accept Christianity in this way...
...Some Jews seem invisible to the rest of us like the sexually abused (see "Confronting Sexual Abuse in Jewish Families," April 1990) and in this issue the homeless...
...24), To round things out, we challenge you to think deeply about Judaism's relationship to Christianity...
...They may be pressured to move in the right direction—if the pressure is properly applied (p...
...This view is matched by Allan Gerson's informative discussion or Israel's right to establish settlements in the West Bank (p...
...His article is infused with his own passion-ale devotion to the language he believes is critical to our people's survival (p...
...And with the Palestinian-Israeli peace process at a seeming dead end, Washington policy analyst Max Singer looks at the possibilities of making peace with—of all countries—Syria and Iraq...
...To end up with the thrill of a chase and capture and also some insightful ruminations about what kind of a man Adolf Eichmann was, take a look ai the article by Peter Z, Malkin, who captured this Nazi criminal in .Argentina (p...
...From the viewpoints in these places, things are not looking so great either...
...who now, for the First time in decades, is wrinng not under a pseudonym but in his own name (p...
...IN A MOMENT For the Jewish community, these are not easy times— antisemitism seems to be reemerging-aftcr a brief (historically speaking) respite due to Shoah guilt—in France, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union...
...And the peace process in the Middle East seems hopelessly bogged down...
...no one is acting sensibly, not Israel, not the United Slates, not the Soviet Union, not the Palestinians and certainly not the PLO and the Arab states...
...Can we think about renewed Jewish life in Poland...
...Read Father John Pawlikowski's sensitive analysis (p...
...See Peter Fine's sensitive portrayal of a homeless Jewish woman who sdll feels very much part of the community (p...
...And if that's not enough—and 1 hope it isn't—wander through the rest of the articles, features and departments...
...And, of course, don'l miss Forum, Spice Box and MOMENT's Book of Numbers...
...Read the piece by a leading member of the Polish Jewish intelligentsia, journalist Konstanty Gebert...
Vol. 15 • August 1990 • No. 4
