January/February 2012
Features
Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
Judith Leiber survived Nazi-occupied Hungary to become an icon in the fashion industry. Her handbags are sought after by everyone from First Ladies to Kim Kardashian. Now she wants to buy them back.
Interviews by Moment Staff
Moment asks respected thinkers, activists and writers to respond to a question few dare to discuss in a public forum. John J. Mearsheimer, Martin Peretz, Peter Beinart, Amos Oz, Benny Morris, Caroline Glick and others share their opinions.
Yereth Rosen
Jewish pioneers, money and know-how were behind the development of the territory and the push for statehood. Jews—who make up less than one percent of the state’s population—play an outsize role in commercial and public life even today.
David B. Green
The pursuit of equal rights by Israel’s Arabs is challenging the Jewish character of the State of Israel. Moment explores the tensions at the heart of the political relationship between Israel’s Arabs and Jews.
Columns
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Gershom Gorenberg
David Hazony
Marshall Breger
Jeffrey Rosen
Departments
Jewish Word
Has the almighty sabra fallen on hard times?
“Jewish” Oscar Winners
Five favorites from Gentleman’s Agreement to Schindler’s List
What does it mean to be pro-Israel today?
Poem: Linda Pastan
A Bob Mankoff Cartoon
Talk of the Table
Any way you cook it, cholent is here to stay
+ Recipe
Books
Hope: A Tragedy
reviewed by Daniel Klein
Jews and Booze
reviewed by Clyde Haberman
A Book Forged in Hell
reviewed by Carlos Fraenkel
The Street Sweeper
reviewed by Stefan Kanfer
Speaking Volumes
Josh Rolnick on Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables
Moment Crossword
Cartoon Caption Contest
Spice Box
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