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July/August 2009
Features
From Ghetto to Glamour
Entrepreneurial 19th-century Jewish immigrants reshaped the garmnet industry and paved the way for today's fashion superstars. From jeans to attached collars to Hollywood glamour to preppy clothes and schmatte chic, Jews have defined the American look.
Johanna Neuman
Post-Racial Rabbis
The Reform movement recently ordained Alyssa Stanton as the first African-American woman rabbi. But now that some African-American synagogues have moved closer to mainstream Judaism, can Stanton really be considered the first? Moment examines the tumultuous history of black Jews and explores the question: Who is a rabbi?
jeremy gillick
A Moment with New Yorker Cartoonmeister Bob Mankoff
The New Yorker’s first Jewish cartoon editor talks about his bar mitzvah, the psychology of Jewish humor and how it is that the people of a very serious book—the Bible—came to be so funny.
nadine epstein
Israel: Through a Writer's Lens
Three Israeli novelists shed the guise of fiction to talk about the country they love. Etgar Keret on the beaches of Tel Aviv, where nationalities vanish along with clothes; A.B. Yehoshua on the political significance of the desert; and Naomi Ragen on Jerusalem’s Old City and the olive trees of the Upper Galilee.
Columns
From the Editor
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
We can have settlements or peace—not both.
Eric Alterman
Naming and shaming anti-Israel Jews
David Frum
The growing rift between Israel and the U.S. over Iran
benny morris
Is the Jewish way to kill in God's name?
Gershom gorenberg
Departments
Jewish Word
Sexy and sexist Israeli slang
History Box
The woman who spoke out against apartheid
Film Watch
Yoo-Hoo: Remember Mrs. Goldberg?
Jewish Enterprise
The best Israeli political blogs
Ask the Rabbis
Are tattoos and body piercings taboo?
Talk of the Table
The Jewish fizz: seltzer, egg creams and Cel-Ray
Arts
Sea-inspired designs from Israel's Ayala Serfaty.
Books
Good Book by David Plotz; Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb; The Believers by Zoe Heller
