Amy E. Schwartz is Moment’s opinion and book editor.

Amy E. Schwartz: Turkey: Where Doth Erdogan Lead?

Turkish Jews—like everyone else—ponder Islam's growing presence in a secular country. ...

Ask the Rabbis: What is the Greatest Sin for Which the Jewish Community Should Atone?

For what should our community atone on Yom Kippur? ...

Ask the Rabbis | What Advice Would You Give if Your Child Told You He or She Was Gay?

What advice would you give if your child told you he or she were gay? ...
Dying by Alex Grey

Is There Life After Death? Jewish Thinking on the Afterlife

Ask Jews what happens after death, and many will respond that the Jewish tradition doesn’t say or doesn’t care. But not so fast. When Moment asked an array of prominent Jewish thinkers, artists, writers and other doers to tell us what they think they’re headed for, the range was extraordinary. ...