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November/December 2009

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Features

David Miliband

Michael Goldfarb

A child of Holocaust survivors, the British foreign secretary is a New Labour policy wonk who could someday be prime minister. But does he have the “icicle in the heart” that it takes to lead his party?

The New Jewish Convert

Joan Alpert

Why a Mormon, a Muslim, a Baptist, the great-granddaughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer and four others chose to become Jews. One of them is Yitzhak Jordan, aka Y-Love, a black Orthodox Jew and hip-hop artist who creates rhymes from the Talmud.

The Mysterious Tale of a Ukrainian University's Anti-Semitic Crusade

Nadine Epstein

An anti-Semitic campaign at a Kiev institution—featuring former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, shadowy foreign agents and outlandish claims—ends almost as suddenly as it began.

Levi, A 2008 Short Fiction Winner

Racelle Rosett

A look at an unsettling world through the eyes of a gifted boy.

Columns

From the Editor

Nadine Epstein

A Spiritual Moment

Opinions

Smart Jews vote like Puerto Ricans

Eric Alterman

Mourning William Safire and Irving Kristol

David Frum

Avigdor Lieberman defends Israel's honor

Naomi Ragen

Can we find political messages in midrash?

Gershom Gorenberg

Departments

Letters to the Editor

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Jewish Word

A mensch for all seasons

Film Watch

Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas movie

Ask the Rabbis

What is a "self-hating Jew"?

Talk of the Table

The love affair between Jews and Chinese food

Jewish Health

Poem

Speaking Volumes

Writer Jay Michaelson on the book that changed his life

Books

Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector • Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp • The Defector • Intriguing Books of 2009

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