July/August 2009
Features
Johanna Neuman
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.
Jeremy Gillick
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?
Nadine Epstein
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.
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
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Eric Alterman
David Frum
Benny Morris
Gershom Gorenberg
Departments
Jewish Word
Sexy and sexist Israeli slang
Film Watch
Yoo-Hoo: Remember Mrs. Goldberg?
The woman who spoke out against apartheid
The best Israeli political blogs
Sea-inspired designs from Israel's Ayala Serfaty
Are tattoos and body piercings taboo?
The Jewish fizz: seltzer, egg creams and Cel-Ray
Books
Good Book by David Plotz • Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb • The Believers by Zoe Heller
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