Celia Gurevitch Jewish Community Library

A few weeks ago I wrote a few lines about one of the newspapers we subscribe to, The Jerusalem Post. This time I would like to introduce the World Jewish Digest, a monthly magazine of similar size. It2 72 pages are printed on glossy paper. The amount of space devoted to different regions of the world roughly correspond to the proportions of world Jewry living in those areas. In the current issue there are four articles on/from Israel, four related to North America and two for the rest of the world. Besides these there is always a cover story, a special section, arts and culture and Jewish family life section with one to three pieces in each.

The dry numbers however do not give justice to this rich magazine. To make the description more interesting or thought provoking if you wish here are the taglines of the articles form the latest issue we have – without their titles. Can you guess what each piece is about? Are you sure?

• Why single Jewish women are struggling to find their 21st-century soul mates.
• You can learn a lot by closing your mouth and opening your eyes.
• Jared Cohen builds bridges between Middle Eastern and American youth.
• Meet Jay Leno’s Jewish joke writer.
• Sixty years after its birth, too many have forgotten the Jewish state’s purpose.
• How the next big war could start with one small rocket.
• Children shouldn’t learn about Passover from Cecil B. DeMille.
• Destruction or diplomacy – which will it be?
• A Jewish play resonates in New Delhi by illuminating cross-cultural taboos.
• Why the West should not alienate the Iranian public.
• The 411 on spring’s seasonal afflictions.
• Madonna drops a new disc; Steven Spielberg takes a stand against China.
• Take on the freedom festival with these distinctive recipes and inventive table ideas.
• Susie Fishbein’s latest takes the plague out of Passover cooking.
• Liberate your kids from the boob tube – and reintroduce them to imagination.
• Two books, two dead bodies, many old memories.
• On closer inspection, familiar Seder symbols reveal multiple entwined meanings.
• To be dugree, Israelis’ balagan makes them proud.
• Asking the Four Questions – in Iraq.
• Charoset recipes from around the world.