From the Newsletter | Moment Wins First Place from Religion News Association!
We won first place in Magazine Overall Excellence for our AI issue and for commentary by Amy E. Schwartz.
From the Editor | How Nuance Can Save Us
Since October 7, the American Jewish conversation seems to have become stuck in an infinite loop that circles between fear for the Jewish future and finger-pointing in all directions.
Esther Coopersmith
Moment mourns the passing of Esther Coopersmith, a dear friend of the magazine and of mine, and a 2018 recipient of Moment’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Esther...
From the Newsletter | Stop Drawing Lines in the Sand
I am always amazed at the power of one assassination or violent act to upend the fragile progress of humanity—in particular the painstaking work of...
Interview | The Perilous State of Our World Order
It’s a truism of geopolitics that disorder somewhere breeds disorder elsewhere.
From 2009 | Pilgrimage to Uman
“A legion of spanking new white charter buses gleamed in the moonlight, standing by to deliver pilgrims to Uman. Since I was heading the same way, I asked if I might join them, but my gender made me forbidden cargo.
From the Newsletter | Is AI Good for Humanity?
It's the question of the moment.
The launch of the first really convincing artificial intelligence chatbot last November sparked widespread excitement and fear. Suddenly, people were...
Watch: Learning from Isaac Asimov
Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein performs “Learning from Isaac Asimov” accompanied by a dynamic video.
From the Editor | Learning from Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov’s work is foundational to much of modern AI. But his robots were programmed to be truthful, and the programming mostly worked.
Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Goes Deep
provides funding to journalists to cover what is often unseen—the workings of prejudice and bigotry.
Teshuvah for Jimmy Carter
It’s time for the Jewish community to acknowledge the good that came from Carter’s presidency.
From the Newsletter | Honor Thy Children—and Elders Too
The more honoring we do of people of all ages, the better for everyone.