Nbr. 2019, September 2019

Index

• Reflections on Language--and Thought.
• EVENTS & DEADLINES.
• 5 moment THE CONVERSATION.
• The Jewish History of Punk.
• Leah Forster's (Un)Orthodox Comedy.
• The Surprising MbS-Netanyahu Connection.
• A Feminist Bounty--and Quandary.
• How Israel Is Failing Its Ethiopian Citizens.
• Grumpy Jewish Grandpa 2020.
• America's Long Struggle for Religious Liberty.
• MICHAEL KOPLOW: ABSOLUTELY.
• SHMULEY BOTEACH: CAUTIOUSLY.
• When the Wild Things Sang.
• A Legendary Curse, Revisited.
• ARE THERE THINGS THAT CAN'T BE FORGIVEN?
• The Magic of Alice Hoffman: HER NEW NOVEL TAKES ON THE HOLOCAUST WITH THE HELP OF A RARE FEMALE GOLEM.
• ANGELA BUCHDAHL: ANGELA BUCHDAHL IS THE SENIOR RABBI OF CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO LEAD THE 175-YEAR-OLD REFORM CONGREGATION.
• ILAN STAVANS: LAN STAVANS IS A PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES AND LATINO CULTURE AT AMHERST COLLEGE. HIS LATEST BOOK IS SEVENTH HEAVEN: TRAVELS THROUGH JEWISH LATIN AMERICA.
• MICHAEL BERENBAUM: MICHAEL BERENBAUM TEACHES JEWISH STUDIES AT THE AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY AND CONSULTS IN MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT HE PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED THE U.S. HOLOCAUST RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM.
• BLU GREENBERG: BLU GREENBERG IS THE FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH ORTHODOX FEMINIST ALLIANCE. HER BOOKS INCLUDE ON WOMEN AND JUDAISM: A VIEW FROM TRADITION AND BLACK BREAD: POEMS, AFTER THE HOLOCAUST.
• JEFFREY D.SACHS: JEFFREY D. SACHS IS A PROFESSOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HEALTH POLICY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HIS MOST RECENT BOOK IS A NEW FOREIGN POLICY: BEYOND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM.
• MIKE MOSKOWITZ: MIKE MOSKOWITZ IS THE SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE AT CONGREGATION BEIT SIMCHAT TORAH, A NEW YORK CITY SYNAGOGUE SERVING THE LGBT COMMUNITY. HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A RABBI AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
• JUDITH VIORST: JUDITH VIORST HAS WRITTEN MORE THAN 40 BOOKS, INCLUDING ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY AND MOST RECENTLY NEARING 90: AND OTHER COMEDIES OF LATE LIFE.
• NOAH FELDMAN: NOAH FELDMAN IS A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL AND THE AUTHOR OF SIX BOOKS, MOST RECENTLY THE THREE LIVES OF JAMES MADISON: GENIUS, PARTISAN, PRESIDENT.
• FANIA OZ-SALZBERGER: FANIA OZ-SALZBERGER IS A PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA. HER NOTABLE BOOKS INCLUDE TRANSLATING THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND JEWS AND WORDS, WITH AMOS OZ.
• CALVIN GOLDSCHEIDER: CALVIN GOLDSCHEIDER IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIOLOGY AND JUDAIC STUDIES AT BROWN UNIVERSITY. HIS MOST RECENT BOOK IS ISRAELI SOCIETY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: IMMIGRATION, INEQUALITY, AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT.
• JOAN NATHAN: JOAN NATHAN IS THE AUTHOR OF 11 COOKBOOKS. HER LATEST BOOK IS KING SOLOMON'S TABLE: A CULINARY EXPLORATION OF JEWISH COOKING FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
• ERICA BROWN: ERICA BROWN RUNS THE MAYBERG CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. HER MOST RECENT BOOK IS JONAH: THE RELUCTANT PROPHET.
• RICHARD MICHELSON: RICHARD MICHELSON IS A POET AND CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR. HIS MOST RECENT BOOK, THE LANGUAGE OF ANGELS, WON THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND THE SYDNEY TAYLOR GOLD MEDAL.
• ANITA DIAMANT: ANITA DIAMANT IS THE AUTHOR OF FIVE NOVELS, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER THE RED TENT. SHE HAS ALSO PUBLISHED SIX GUIDES TO CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE.
• ADAM KIRSCH: ADAM KIRSCH IS A POET, CRITIC AND AUTHOR. HIS LATEST BOOK IS THE GLOBAL NOVEL: WRITING THE WORLD IN THE 21 ST CENTURY.
• GAGA FOR ISRAELI DANCE First, there was nation-building folk dance. Then came influences from European expressionism and American modern dance. Now, Israeli dance has come into its own and is in great demand on stages around the world.
• WHAT AMERICA CAN LEARN FROM GERMANY: HOW TO HAVE A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT COMING TO TERMS WITH A COUNTRY'S HISTORICAL CRIMES, RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS.
• 6 Million Fragments.
• The Crock-Pot & the Sabbath Stew.
• Steely Veneer, Private Struggle.
• It Happened Here, Too.
• Princess Schweppessodawasser's Surprising Romance.