MAGAZINE September/October 2019 SUBSCRIBE DONATE BACK ISSUES NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE September/ October 2019 SUBSCRIBE DONATE BACK ISSUES NEWSLETTER FEATURES Five Books to Be an Educated Jew: Part II BY MOMENT Six Million Fragments BY JONATHAN SACKS The Magic of Alice Hoffman BY AMY E. SCHWARTZ Gaga for Israeli Dance BY LISA TRAIGER What America Can Learn From Germany BY ROBERT SIEGEL FICTION The Eleventh Happiest Country BY JOAN LEEGANT OPINIONS How Israel Is Failing Its Ethiopian Citizens BY NAOMI RAGEN The Surprising MbS-Netanyahu Connection BY DANIEL BENJAMIN Grumpy Jewish Grandpa 2020 BY EVE PEYSER A Feminist Bounty—and Quandary BY LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN Steven Waldman on America’s Long Struggle for Religious Liberty BY AMY E. SCHWARTZ MOMENT DEBATE Should American Jews ever criticize Israel? | Absolutely BY MICHAEL KOPLOW Should American Jews Ever Criticize Israel? | Cautiously BY SHMULEY BOTEACH VISUAL MOMENT When the Wild Things Sang BY FRANCES BRENT JEWISH WORD The Wandering Jew BY JEREMY GILLICK ASK THE RABBIS Are There Things That Can’t Be Forgiven? TALK OF THE TABLE The Crock-Pot & the Sabbath Stew BY VERED GUTTMAN BOOKS Steely Veneer, Private Struggle BY FRANCES BRENT It Happened Here, Too BY CHARLES LANE Princess Schweppessodawasser’s Surprising Romance BY SUSAN COLL FROM THE EDITOR Reflections on Language—and Thought BY NADINE EPSTEIN