David Elfin
A new generation of high-caliber Jewish major league players—including four All-Stars—takes the field. Plus exclusive profiles of Ryan Braun, Craig Breslow, Ike Davis, Danny Valencia and Kevin Youkilis.
Moment
An array of thinkers answer this taboo question. Among them: Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Senator Joe Lieberman, sociologist Robert Putnam, legal theorist Noah Feldman, poet Marcia Falk, mathematician Robert Aumann and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
A decade after the September 11th attacks, Moment looks back on the career of the 95-year-old Middle East scholar whose ideas provided the framework for the war in Iraq. Long an outcast in contemporary Middle East Studies departments, he and his followers defend his legacy.
What advice would you give if your child told you
he or she were gay?
Moment
The quick-witted Democratic congressman has rocketed to fame by taking on Republicans with gusto. But when it comes to Israel, this hardcore liberal—who is married to a Muslim-American—is a hawk.
Sala Levin
Even with an anglicized name, the host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show is quintessentially Jewish. At the forefront of modern political satire, the comedian just may be “the most trusted man in America.”
The Obama Administration is expected to support talks between Syria and Israel as part of its efforts to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Tony Badran, Tom Dine, Martin Indyk, Joshua Landis, Moshe Ma’oz, Michael Oren, David Schenker and Andrew Tabler on whether a Syrian-Israeli deal is in the cards.
