September/October 2011
Features
Daphna Berman
A decade after the September 11th attacks, Moment looks back on the career of the 95-year-old Middle East scholar whose ideas provided the framework for the war in Iraq. Long an outcast in contemporary Middle East Studies departments, he and his followers defend his legacy.
Interviews by Moment Staff
An array of thinkers answer this taboo question. Among them: Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Senator Joe Lieberman, sociologist Robert Putnam, legal theorist Noah Feldman, poet Marcia Falk, mathematician Robert Aumann and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
David Elfin
A new generation of high-caliber Jewish major league players—including four All-Stars—takes the field. Plus exclusive profiles of Ryan Braun, Craig Breslow, Ike Davis, Danny Valencia and Kevin Youkilis.
Jeremy Gillick
The tale of the free-thinking Jewish adventurers who flocked to San Francisco to make their fortune and helped shape the character of the City by the Bay.
+ Adolph Sutro & Mark Twain
Guide to the Jewish Caribbean - coming soon!
Columns
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Gershom Gorenberg
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Marshall Breger
Departments
Jewish Word
You say apikores I say heretic!
Moment Top Ten
Rev up your smart phone with Jewish apps
For what should our community atone on Yom Kippur?
A Bob Mankoff Cartoon
The Comforts of Stuffed Cabbage
+ Recipe: Stuffed Cabbage
Books
Emma Goldman: Revolution as a Way of Life
reviewed by Virginia Heffernan
The Emperor of Lies
reviewed by Hilma Wolitzer
The Memory of All That
reviewed by Sidney Offit
Rachel Kadish discovers rabbits are not Zionists
Moment Crossword
Cartoon Caption Contest
Spice Box
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