MAGAZINE Winter Issue 2023 SUBSCRIBE DONATE BACK ISSUES NEWSLETTER TIKTOK SPECIAL SECTION The Good, the Bad and the Algorithm BY JENNIFER BARDI From Zero to Hate in Just a Tik and a Tok BY ANDREW MICHAELS Ten Jewish TikTokers BY TRICIA CRIMMINS FEATURES Max Weinberg, King of the Beat BY NADINE EPSTEIN What Are Sayanim? BY NOAH PHILLIPS OPINIONS Who’s Afraid of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich? BY NAOMI RAGEN A Perilous Path for Republicans BY SARAH POSNER The Neurosis of Jewish Power BY GERSHOM GORENBERG Does the Law of Return Need Changing? BY SHMUEL ROSNER MOMENT DEBATE Will Changing the Law of Return Harm Israel-Diaspora Relations? RABBI RICK JACOBS VS. AMBASSADOR DAVID M. FRIEDMAN JEWISH WORD Semicha—When a Rabbi Becomes a Rabbi GEORGE E. JOHNSON ASK THE RABBIS What Jewish Wisdom Would You Offer Today’s Billionaires? BY AMY E. SCHWARTZ TALK OF THE TABLE Waste with Taste: Peels, Stems, Tops and More BY MICAH SIVA LITERARY MOMENT A Girl Who Was Born to Climb BY CARLIN ROMANO The Journey of a Baghdadi Dynasty BY ROBERT SIEGEL MOMENT POETRY AUGURY BY JEHANNE DUBROW VISUAL MOMENT Tales of Rifles and Resistance BY DIANE M. BOLZ FROM THE EDITOR First Encounters of the Hateful Kind BY NADINE EPSTEIN THE CONVERSATION The Conversation BY MOMENT CAPTION CONTEST Caption Contest BY MOMENT SPICE BOX When J-Date’s Not Good Enough BY MOMENT