January/February 2011
Features
Ilene Prusher
Dani Dayan of the Yesha Council, the lobby that represents Israeli settlers, has kept a settlement freeze extension—and peace talks—off the table. But can this mild-mannered, former software tycoon stop the settler movement from imploding?
Interviews by Joan Alpert and Eileen Lavine
These ancient laws, long central to our way of life, have become a divisive symbol. Do they still matter? Or is it time for an upgrade? A range of American thinkers speak up, and be warned—they don’t agree on much. (See related stories on pages 21 and 24.)
David B. Green
The overtrained and underemployed among Israel’s Arabs long for a good job—and equal opportunities. After
decades of economic inequality, Israelis—Jewish and Arab—are working together to crack the glass.
Sally Schloss
A young woman, forced to leave her home and the man she loves, arrives in America—but never forgets or forgives.
Columns
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Noah Pollak
Eric Alterman
Mashall Breger
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Departments
Jewish Word
The Jewfro Grows Up and Out
Moment Top Ten
The Best Jewish TV Shows of All Time
Film Watch
The Film That Launched a Thousand Court Case
Hot Dang! Holy Oil!
If you were to add an eleventh commandment, what would it be?
Poem: Annie-Rose Strasser
A Bob Mankoff Cartoon
Voila! French Jewish Food Arrives!
Books
Foreign Bodies
reviewed by Barbara Probst Solomon
The Finkler Question
reviewd by Patricia Volk
Jews and the Civil War: A Reader
reviewed by Harold Holzer
Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority
reviewed by Robin Aronson
Speaking Volumes
Until Jonathan Papernick read Nathan Englander’s work, it seemed to him that all the writers he admired were dead.
Moment Crossword
Cartoon Caption Contest
Spice Box
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