EDITOR'S NOTE
Epstein, Nadine
EDITOR'S NOTE As a loyal friend and reader of Moment we want you to be among the first to hear our exciting news. With blessings and good wishes, Hershel Shanks has handed over the reins of...
...What do you love about Moment} What would you like to see changed...
...I, the former managing editor and a journalist for over twenty-five years, have become editor and executive publisher...
...Moment is as committed as ever to being an independent forum, in which disparate opinions and ideas are addressed in provocative ways...
...EDITOR'S NOTE As a loyal friend and reader of Moment we want you to be among the first to hear our exciting news...
...With blessings and good wishes, Hershel Shanks has handed over the reins of Moment...
...When Elie Weisel and Leonard Fein founded Moment in 1975, they called it "The New Magazine for America's Jew...
...Both Suzanne and Francine Klagsbrun are alarmed about current revisions of Jewish history...
...Writer Andy Muchin whisks us back in time to meet the industrious Jews who helped to transform black American music into a national treasure, while New York freelancer Leslie Berger travels to China and back, discovering the joys—and complications—of adopting non-Jewish children...
...You'll find out why Hershel dreams of traveling to Iraq: Judaism's "second home," and why Dennis Prager longs for a non-Orthodox, Torahbased Judaism, which honors rabbinic law yet doesn't deify it...
...Francine is troubled by moderate, Islamic scholars who are offering a whitewashed version of the treatment of Jews under Islamic rule in medeival Spain...
...We hope to continue—indeed expand upon— what has already been accomplished in these pages...
...Expect changes too...
...You'll always find a wealth of viewpoints that include, but are not limited to, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, secular humanist and the non-affiliated movements, as well as "left," "right" and "center...
...We'll be introducing new voices, adding new sections, redesigning others and revamping our website—momentmag.com...
...To the future...
...We look forward to sharing many happy, healthy and exciting years with you...
...Before we do, we want to hear your thoughts...
...As usual, the magazine is filled with strong opinions...
...There's much more to come in future issues...
...Meanwhile, we know you will enjoy the August issue, prepared by our talented and devoted staff and contributors...
...In its premier issue Fein proudly declared that Moment would include diverse opinions "of no single ideological position, save of course, for a commitment to Jewish life...
...The guiding lights of the magazine—the people who have made Moment what it is today—Hershel Shanks, Suzanne Singer, and our host of regular columnists—will continue to contribute...
...Suzanne looks at the modern-day Palestinian attempt to rewrite history in order to call into question the legitimacy of the State of Israel...
...Michael Monheit, long-time marketing director is now publisher...
...Our feature roster is even more diverse...
...Rabbi and scholar Dana Evan Kaplan transports us to the streets of Havana—and into the heart and mind of Fidel Castro in our cover story...
Vol. 29 • August 2004 • No. 4
