March/April 2010

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See all of the articles that are in this issue below.

Features

Jeremy Ben-Ami: The Man Behind J Street

Mandy Katz

The new “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby has created a storm in the Jewish world: Some credit it with opening a much-needed debate on American Middle East policy, and others accuse it of playing into the hands of Israel’s enemies. Moment tells the story of the group’s rise and of its founder, Jeremy Ben-Ami, son of an Irgun member.

Night Shift: Tel Aviv

Emilie Raguso

A California crime reporter shadows two cops on all-night patrol in Israel’s liveliest city. Come along as they chase cars, investigate a possible explosion at a gay club, tame a street fight and look into a mysterious disappearance that gripped the country.

A New Generation of Haggadah Art

Sarah Breger

Five modern artists reinterpret the Exodus story to include Egged buses, stray cats, the George Washington Bridge and much more.

Two By Four, A 2008 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Winner

Judith Groudine Finkel

A Chinese-Jewish-American child loses two mothers by the age of four.

A Moment of Zinn

Jeremy Gillick

Moment interviewed the controversial historian and lefty firebrand Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States, shortly before his death.