March/April 2012
Features
The Book of Happy Writing
Introduction by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
French artist Joëlle Dautricourt ignored her grandmother’s advice to hide her Jewish identity. Instead, she has devoted her life to exploring the art of the Hebrew letter. Moment features a selection of her work, never before shown in North America.
Yoav Stern
In the fifth of Moment’s series on the Arab citizens of Israel, Moment examines the stark divides between Hebrew and Arabic language media in Israel, and the implications of this rift. Can two media live in one state?
Interviews by Moment Staff
Moment asks writers and scholars to respond to this perennial question. A.B. Yehoshua, Geraldine Brooks, Nathan Englander, Howard Jacobson, Walter Mosley, Pearl Abraham, Etgar Keret, Dara Horn, Allegra Goodman and others express their opinions.
Moment Fiction
Shidach
Racelle Rosett
Prodded by their mothers, a man and a woman reluctantly go on a date...
Norton Juster, the author of The Phantom Tollbooth, talks about his love of cooking, wordplay and the virtues of boredom. Plus, the winners of the 2012 Publish-a-Kid contest review classic children’s books.
Jewish American Heritage Guide - Guides to Baltimore, Detroit and Vancouver
Columns
Nadine Epstein
Opinions
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Gershom Gorenberg
David Hazony
Marshall Breger
Departments
Jewish Word
Midrash, the forerunner of fiction
Top Ten Books
Alan Cheuse picks his favorite Jewish fiction
Will it matter to Jews if there is a Mormon president?
Poem: Sasha Tamarkin
A Bob Mankoff Cartoon
Talk of the Table
You can almost taste the food of great fiction
+ Recipe
Books
The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir
reviewed by Alan A. Stone
The Aleppo Codex
reviewed by Stephen Labaton
Moment Crossword
Cartoon Caption Contest
Spice Box
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