July/Septemeber/October — 2006

Volume LII No. 5

ISRAEL: EDITORIAL 02 Israel’s Fight for Survival and its Dilemma • Leo Haber ISRAEL 04 When We Hear the Siren, We Rush for Our Shoes • Rochelle Mass 05 Kibbutz on the Cutting Edge—When the Katyushas Fell in 1969 • Michael A. Zimmerman 11 Israel’s Real Demographic Problem • Eric Rozenman 14 “Why Am I on a Plane Heading ‘Home’ from Israel to Los Angeles?” • Daniel Greyber AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE 16 Have We Arrived? The Case of Jewish Studies in U.S. Universities • Frederick E. Greenspahn AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE: MEMOIR 20 Lakewood, Ohio, 1930’s • Herbert Gold 23 Hello CCNY! • Edwin D. Hoffman AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE: LITERATURE 26 Jewish-American Writers and Jewishly Observant Characters • Sanford Pinsker 29 Penina Moise — Sweet Singer of Israel • Harriet L. Parmet 33 “He Walked in Awe”: The Poetic Task of Samuel Menashe • Nicholas Birns MUSIC 38 Dmitri Shostakovich and the Jews • Cecil Bloom HONOR ROLL OF CONTRIBUTORS 13 Honor Roll POETRY 10 Resolutions Before the Gates • Marge Piercy 19 Sweet Hagar • Jay Rubin 32 At the Naming of My Granddaughter, Sadie • Sanford Pinsker 37 Tashlikh Now—and Then • Barbara Hantman 45 Belief • Liz Rosenberg FICTION 43 The Cat in the Ark • Sumner Wolsky BOOKS AND AUTHORS 46 A Righteous Christian • Edward Alexander