March/April 2009
Features
Bernie Madoff: Mystery Man
Mitchell Zuckoff, author of Ponzi’s Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend, talks about former NASDAQ chairman Bernie Madoff, whose alleged $50 billion fraud has wreaked havoc in the Jewish world and beyond.
nonna gorilovskaya
Can Eric Cantor Save the GOP?
Minority whip Eric Cantor is the only Jewish Republican in the House of Representatives. Is this conservative Virginia congressman the Moses who can lead the GOP out of the wilderness to the promised land?
Robert S. Greenberger
Return to Centro Histórico
A child of Mexico City’s cloistered Jewish community discovers Mexico’s long Jewish history—and his own.
Ilan Stavans
Talking to Theo
Theodore Bikel, the larger-than-life actor, singer and activist, talks about Nazis, Yiddish and Middle East peace.
deborah tannen
Letter from Chautauqua
Founded by Methodists in the late 19th century, this Protestant intellectual playland has become home to a thriving Jewish community.
Nadine Epstein
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Aaron David Miller
Former Middle East advisor Aaron David Miller talks about the Gaza war, new Middle East envoy George Mitchell and the recent Israeli elections.
Jeremy gillick
Columns
From the Editor
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
It's Time for American Jews to Speak Up!
Gerhsom Gorenberg
Learning to Love Evangelicals
Marshall Breger
Israeli Films Boldly Go Where Few Politicians Dare
Eric Alterman
Force: An Inconvenient Truth
David Frum
Departments
Jewish Word
The many meanings of Passover
History Box
German-born Jew Paul Warburg fought to establish the Fed
Jewish Enterprise
What the U.S. can learn from Israel about electronic medical records
Film Watch
Great Seder films
Ask the Rabbis
What Ethical Lessons Can Be Learned from the Bernie Madoff Scandal?
Talk of the Table
The sweetness of charoset; the Maxwell House Hagaddah
Jewish Health
In this edition, our new guide to intelligent living focuses on genetic diseases.
Books
Sephardic Jews in America • Judas • Still Jewish • The Clothes on Their Backs
Book Club
The Last of the Just
