February 2007

Features

The Story of Sergey Brin

MARK MALSEED

The 33-year-old Google cofounder revolutionized how we search the Web and built a $150-billion company that flouts convention. In this exclusive portrait, a veteran Google watcher explores how the Moscow-born Brin was shaped by anti-Semitism, his battle to live up to Google’s “don’t be evil” mantra and why he needs to go back to school. Read more…

A Jew in Al Jazeera’s House

BORIS WEINTRAUB

Dave Marash, the Jewish anchor of Al Jazeera English, sounds off on why Qatar’s controversial network is good for Israel, Arabs and the world. Read more…

The Jewish Secrets of Lemony Snicket

NADINE EPSTEIN

In this special author interview, Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, reveals the Jewish meanings lurking beneath the surface of his bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Read more…

A Jewish Life: All is Heaven with Avigdor Lieberman

LILY GALILI

Always impeccably dressed and never politically correct, Israel’s deputy prime minister wants to evict Israeli Arabs and send the Hamas leadership to “heaven.” Did we mention Hollywood is reviewing his script? Read more…

Essays

A Walk in A London Park (or what your mother doesn’t know about British anti-Semitism)

His relatives fear for his safety but, from his quiet park bench in Britain’s multiethnic capital, the world seems tranquil. How does where we live shape our views on anti-Semitism? Read more…