2 Midstream’s First “Table of Contents” in 1955
EDITORIAL
3 Jubilee: Midstream at 50—1955-2005 • Leo HaberISRAEL
5 America and Israel: The World’s Two Most Dangerous Countries? • Edward Bernard Glick
6 The Land of Israel as a Function of Spirituality • Moshe Dann
ARTICLE
8 Jesus, Spinoza, and Jewish Modernity • Harold Brackman
16 In Memoriam: Emil Fackenheim 1916-2003;
Some Personal Reminiscences • Arnold Ages
RELIGION
20 The Synagogue: Past, Present, and Future • Gilbert S. Rosenthal
23 Attempting the Impossible: Eliminating Election
from the Jewish Liturgy • Joel S. Kaminsky
28 Contemporary Sectarianism: Is there a Future
for Klal Yisrael in America? • Brian Amkraut
MIDRASH
33 Preparing for the Akedah: The Strange Case of
the Two Missiing Witnesses • Lippman Bodoff
FICTION
36 The Tree • Gloria Goldreich
POETRY
15 Gift • Renée Ruderman
19 With His Children • Sean M. Teaford
22 My Tears Of Joy Are Your River, Dear Grandson • Martin Kohn
27 Kaddish For Maayan Naim (corrected version) • Charles Fishman
32 Family Haiku • Yakov Azriel
42 The Unveiling of Belzec Monument • Yala Korwin
44 George Gershwin At Auschwitz • Saul Bennett
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
43 Seven Blessings: A Novel, by Ruchama King • Josh Lambert
45 American Reform Judaism: An Introduction, by Dana Evan Kaplan;
Or Chadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom, by Reuven Hammer;
Hide and Seek: Jewish Women and Hair Covering, edited by Lynne Schreiber • Jack Riemer
47 Inventing Orders: An Essay and Critique in 20th-Century American
Literature (1950-2000), by Aaron Sultanik • Joseph Lowin
edited by Ron Rosenbaum • Arnold Ages