September/October 2009
Features
Dina Kraft
In the first of a Moment series on Israel's Arab citizens, we meet three generations of one family. Unlike her grandmother and mother, Sham Kalboni, 35, is a political activist. Still, she has no intention of leaving the country she considers home. Read the introduction to Moment's series on Israel's Arab Citizens.
Nadine Epstein
Every Rosh Hashanah, tens of thousands of men flock to this Ukrainian town to pray at the grave of Rebbe Nachman, nearly 200 years after his death. Once closed to foreigners by the Soviets, Uman morphs into an international Jewish happening of the first degree.
Maxine Springer
From The Dybbuk to The Producers, Annie Hall , to Waltz with Bashir, Hollywood blockbusters to independent foreign productions, essayist Phillip Lopate, Entertainment Weekly's Lisa Schwarzbaum and other top movie critics and scholars pick jewish movies that are not to be missed. Plus, 100 films to add to your must-see list.
Nonna Gorilovskaya
An Israeli bioethicist explains what Judaism has to say about the current debate over health care in the United States. He also fills us in on the Israeli perspective.
Columns
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Eric Alterman
David Frum
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Marshall Breger
Departments
Letters to the Editor
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Jewish Word
And let us say, amen.
Bruce, Ethel, Rupert and Ringo—Jews?
When does life begin?
Joan Nathan celebrates pomegranates
Poem
Books
Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife • Louis Brandeis: A Life • Blood and Politics • Day After Night
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