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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.

Poem

Gallery

Books
Sephardic Jews in America Judas Still JewishThe Clothes on Their Backs

Book Club
The Last of the Just

Spice Box