With recent polling putting the contest within the margin of error, Florida’s razor-thin gubernatorial race, pitting two Evangelical Protestant Democrats against two Catholic Republicans, may hinge on the state’s Jews.
Liam Hoare
Four months ago, our daughter gave birth to our first grandchild.
No pressure, but the fate of Democratic dreams to win control of the U.S. Senate in November may hinge on one Nevada freshman congresswoman, whose previous experience in public life was as president of her synagogue.
Molly Cooke
Nadler was a finalist for the first four Moment cartoon caption contests he entered.
Ellen Wexler
It’s never too late for some good, old-fashioned sibling rivalry—not even in retirement.
“I’ve probably won 80-plus contests and been a runner up for more. It’s just persistence.”
“I have to confess I don’t actually put actual work or much thinking in this enterprise, but instead rely on sudden spurts of inspiration.”
Ellen Wexler
We wanted to learn more about our most prolific participants—so we asked them about their love of contests, their approach to humor and the secret to the perfect caption.
Gender in Hebrew—as in Spanish, Hindi, French and other languages—is intimately woven into word construction. “Hebrew goes a lot further,” says Erez Levon, a professor of sociolinguistics at Queen Mary University of London who focuses on questions of gender and sexuality. He explains that the language is particularly restrictive because gender is conveyed through masculine or feminine verb, adjective and adverb endings and almost every other part of speech.
