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November/December 2008
Features
Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (aka Jon Stewart)
Even with an anglicized name, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show is quintessentially Jewish. At the forefront of modern political satire, the comedian just may be "the most trusted man in America."
jeremy gillick and nonna gorilovskaya
Noble Books
Moment cofounder Elie Wiesel and Nobel laureates Eric Kandel, Avram Hershko, Martin Perl, Robert Solow, Robert Aumann, Eric Maskin, Sidney Altman and Roger Myerson reflect on their favorite Jewish books.
Fiction Contest Winners
How Beautiful Are Your Tents, O Jacob
In their late mother’s house, a group of siblings uncover the Jewish past.
Joe Kraus
Three Dreams
An Israeli woman’s Nostradamus-like powers foretell a terrifying future.
Andi Arnovitz
Yiddish Land
Rudy can no longer speak English. Sometimes the tongue is wiser than we think.
Ellen Davis Sullivan
Columns
From the Editor
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Break out the champagne. It's Hanukkah!
David Frum
How Israel failed its Arabs—and itself
Eric Alterman
A true trial by fire on Rosh Hashanah
Gershom Gorenberg
Welcome to the wonderful land of Middle Israel
Fania Oz-Salzberger
Saudi King Abdullah, his conference and the Jews
Marshall breger
Departments
The Jewish Word
It’s true: Shrek is Jewish
Film Watch
Inheritance: Does evil pass from parent to child?
Ask the Rabbis
What is your favorite Jewish book?
History Box
Great Jewish quarterback Benny Friedman
Jewish Enterprise
Asra Nomani and 20 students investigate Daniel Pearl’s murder
Books
Maimonides: The Life and Works of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds • The Bagel • Hell's Cartel: IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine • Messiahs of 1933: How American Yiddish Theater Survived Adversity Through Satire • The Journey
Book Club
Philip Roth's Goodbye Columbus and Other Stories.