Reform Judaism Magazine

I often describe myself to my writing students as a "magaholic": as a former editor, frequent contributor and devoted subscriber (I'm pushing 20 subscriptions), I love the combination of information, opinion, imagery and personal storytelling that a good magazine can provide. (My wife calls my various piles of half-read publications strewn around our house as "Camp Davids".) That's why I was delighted when a contact at Kibbutz Lotan emailed me a link to a story from the Winter 2009 issue of  Reform Judaism, taglined as the "world's largest circulated Jewish magazine". 

I love the earth tones of this cover and the desert spin on the iconic "American Gothic" rural couple. The cover makes me want to pick up and read the magazine. Instead, I had to satisfy myself electronically—as you can, with a link to a good story and Q&A about the ecological initiatives at Kibbutz Lotan or a downloadable PDF of the cover and full article.