Jewish Intellectualism
By Lily Shoulberg
It is no secret that Jews value education. Just as I was raised with the culture, prayers and foods that have come to...
A Time to Be Born
By Rebecca Borison
When Connie G. Krupin first became a mother, she went to the nearest bookstore to find a baby book. After purchasing one of...
Thousands of Little Pharaohs: The Plight of the Agunah
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
In this Passover season, consider the plight of Jewish women whose marriages have ended but whose (former) husbands refuse them a get (bill...
Escape from Freedom?
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
As Passover approaches, I have been reading the psychologist Erich Fromm’s 1941 work, Escape from Freedom. Writing when Nazi Germany was at its...
Reviews by young readers of classic children’s books
The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak
The Book Thief is a beautiful but haunting story about a young girl living in Nazi Germany. I first read it several...
Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Fiction?
By Moment Staff
Let us start by asking: Is there such a creature as a Jewish writer? Jewish mothers gave birth to Saul Bellow and Bernard...
Murder is the Message
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
It started before the bodies were even cold, long before they could be returned to the earth. There was barely time for seven-year-old...
Sticky Fingers' Sweets and New York Cheesecake Cupcakes
By Monika Wysocki
A self-described “Jew-talian from New York,” Doron Petersan grew up in the land of Jewish delis, bagels, cannoli and knishes. But after assisting...
Sticky Fingers’ Sweets and New York Cheesecake Cupcakes
By Monika Wysocki
A self-described “Jew-talian from New York,” Doron Petersan grew up in the land of Jewish delis, bagels, cannoli and knishes. But after assisting...
Aviva Kempner and "The Rosenwald Schools"
By Monika Wysocki
In celebration of Black History Month, the National Archives in Washington, DC hosted a preview of Aviva Kempner’s newest film, The Rosenwald Schools,...
Aviva Kempner and “The Rosenwald Schools”
By Monika Wysocki
In celebration of Black History Month, the National Archives in Washington, DC hosted a preview of Aviva Kempner’s newest film, The Rosenwald Schools,...