November/December 2008

Features

Meet Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz (aka Jon Stewart)

Jeremy Gillick and Nonna Gorilovskaya

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."

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.

Special Section: Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest Winners

How Beautiful Are Your Tents, O Jacob

Joe Kraus

In their late mother's house, a group of siblings uncover the Jewish past.

Three Dreams

Andi Arnovitz

An Israeli woman's Nostradamus-like powers foretell a terrifying future.

Yiddish Land

Ellen Davis Sullivan

Rudy can no longer speak English. Sometimes the tongue is wiser than we think.

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

Jewish Word

It’s true: Shrek is Jewish

Film Watch

Daughter of Evil

Jewish Enterprise

Standing Up For Truth

Ask the Rabbis

What is your favorite Jewish book (other than the Torah and the Talmud)?

Poem

Books

Maimonides by Joel L. Kraemer • Hell's Cartel by Diarmuid Jeffreys • The Bagel by Maria Balinska • The Journey by H.G. Adler • Messiahs of 1933 by Joel Schechter

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