Text Context January 2012

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Editor’s Note

DEBBIE MARGALIT, Long Lison. Courtesy of Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem.

By Sandee Brawarsky

Inscribed In Stone

Mark Podwal. Spring (c) 2012, from Sharing the Journey: The Haggadah for the Contemporary Family (CCAR Press).

Of Zechariah and self-fulfilling prophecies.

By Stuart Schoffman

History After The Witnesses

When the survivors are gone, Holocaust education will lose a powerful tool.

By Deborah E. Lipstadt

Ground Up

DAVID WANDER. Olive Tree, 2003, oil on canvas, 28” x 60”.

Diagnosed with cancer, my father decided to have his tongue removed. It’s an extreme treatment, but he’s always known how to make things work out.

By Etgar Keret

A Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow

The Unisphere, 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair, 12-story spherical stainless steel representation of Earth.

One day the immense grandeur of the universe will become real and manifest. Where will God fit in?

By Barry E. Lichtenberg

The Once And Future Past

DAVID WANDER. Elijah’s Chair, 1996, oil and gold leaf on wood.

Judaism and its messianisms.

By Yehuda Kurtzer

A Disappearing Community

CHRYSTIE SHERMAN. Zevulun Simantov, the last Jew living in Afghanistan, in the courtyard of the synagogue, also his residence.

Although only one Jew remains, Afghanistan was once a peaceful home for Jews.

By Sara Y. Aharon

The View From 18

Mark Podwal. Next Year in Jerusalem (c) 2012, from Sharing the Journey: The Haggadah for the Contemporary Family (CCAR Press).

What it’s like to be young and Orthodox in 2012.

By Daniel Kaplan

Journal Watch

By Jerome A. Chanes

In The Palm Of His Hand

YITZCHOK MOULLY. Williamsburg, N.Y., 2008, acrylic on canvas.

A look at Abraham Hochman, 19th-century Lower East Side clairvoyant.

By Eddy Portnoy

Text Context January 2012

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INSIDE Text Context January 2012

Editor’s Note

Inscribed In Stone

Of Zechariah and self-fulfilling prophecies.

History After The Witnesses

When the survivors are gone, Holocaust education will lose a powerful tool.

Ground Up

Diagnosed with cancer, my father decided to have his tongue removed. It’s an extreme treatment, but he’s always known how to make things work out.

A Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow

One day the immense grandeur of the universe will become real and manifest. Where will God fit in?

The Once And Future Past

Judaism and its messianisms.

A Disappearing Community

Although only one Jew remains, Afghanistan was once a peaceful home for Jews.

The View From 18

What it’s like to be young and Orthodox in 2012.

Journal Watch

In The Palm Of His Hand

A look at Abraham Hochman, 19th-century Lower East Side clairvoyant.

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