January/February 2008
Features
Glenn Frankel
The West Bank city has fanatical settlers, extremist Palestinians and a violent history. Is there any hope for a normal life?
Karin Tanabe
Many Israelis can’t get married under Orthodox law. Nothing a day trip to Cyprus—wedding capital of the Mediterranean—can’t fix.
Women now control a (slight) majority of the nation’s wealth and are beginning to reshape modern philanthropy. But do they give differently than men?
Jewish Life
Nadine Epstein
The neurologist and writer behind The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , Uncle Tungsten and the new Musicophilia , talks about the brain, pumpernickel bagels and how kibbutz life was good for his inner xenon.
Letter from China
Susan Fishman Orlins
Some folks in the Middle Kingdom think Jewish know-how can help them get rich quick and raise child geniuses. A few think Jews may have something deeper to offer.
What do carousel lions, tigers and horses have in common with Torah arks?
Columns
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Nathan Guttman
David Frum
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Departments
(Alleged) conspiracies that have long kept the Chosen People busy.
O Jerusalem! struggles to translate history onto the big screen.
Proud to be a JAP?
Luckily, there’s plenty of bandwidth to digitize Jewish history.
What does Judaism say about gossip?
Books
Anka Muhlstein on Madame Proust Bernard Malamud: A Writer’s Life Farewell, Shanghai
Alan Dershowitz on Thomas Jefferson
