December 2008
Birthright's Hidden Cost

How Your Free Trip Helps Netanyahu Become PM

Birthright has implicated a generation of young Jews in billionaire Sheldon Adelson's damaging political adventures.


 
Rice, Beans, and Manischewitz

The Secret Haitian History of America's Kiddush Wine

Manischewitz is not among Judaism's proudest contributions. It is perhaps fortunate that the Haitians don't know it's ours.


Towards a Greater Understanding

Transgendered Jews and the Jewish Community

A podcast featuring Yeshiva University professor Joy Ladin and others speaking on Trans Jews.


 
The Unexceptional Jew

Naomi Klein on Putting Jews in Context

The award winning journalist talks with us recent developments in Israel, what it means to be a Jewish intellectual, and how the lessons of the Holocaust influence her thought.

Introduction
The December Issue
An introductory note. 

 
Wondering Jew
The Return of the Jewish Defense League
Are there still any Jewish terrorists in North America?

 
Opinion
The Jewish Community is Wrong on Iran
It's time to put fear aside and realize that Iranian interests are surprisingly similar to those of the U.S. and Israel.

 
Feature
Explaining the Boom
Why are small Southern colleges suddenly attracting Jews in record numbers?


Campus News
Whither Kosher Activism?
One campus activist fights apathy and unethical Kosher meat.

 
Advice
Dear Maimonides...
Sage advice for troubled times.

 
Kulturkampf
December's Kulturkampf
A quick and dirty survey of Jewish culture as it happens.

 
Pictures of Jews
The Jews of December
In which we introduce you to some of our readers.


The Academy
The Jews and the Resurrection

New research blurs basic lines between Judaism and Christianity.



 
Book Review
My Uncle the Gangster

 Eric Konigsberg meets Uncle Heshy in Blood Relation.



 
Book Review
The Jewish Side of Superman
Two new surveys struggle to define the Jewish comic book.

 
New Vices
Hofstra's Costly Conifers
One student wonders where her tuition dollars go.


Letters
Responses to the Lubavitch Issue
Letters from our readers.