This Passover: A Virtual Seder—and a House Fire
My sister was cooking up a batch of our late mother’s recipe for tzimmes Wednesday morning when the pot exploded.
10
Apr
10
Mar
Coronavirus Quarantine Reading List
More than a month ago, I was in southern California with the preparedness prophet Max Brooks discussing the coronavirus. “We can’t blow...
03
Mar
From the Editor | Know Thine Enemies
Last month, more than 100 members of a white nationalist hate group, Patriot Front, marched on the National Mall here in Washington, DC.
10
Feb
What Zombie Expert Max Brooks Can Teach Us About Coronavirus
Max Brooks is best known as the author of the novel World War Z. But he also uses apocalyptic stories to teach us how to respond to large-scale crises.
30
Dec
From the Editor | Seeking Truth Through Journalism—and Judaism
Today, journalism is under attack on an unprecedented scale. It has always been the target of those who want to obfuscate facts and spread confusion.
21
Nov
Beshert | The Dime of His Life
He was incredibly picky. The photo album he made in the 1940s shows him dashingly handsome, in and out of New York City, in and out of baggy suits, Navy uniforms and bathing shorts, with girlfriends, pre-kiss, post-kiss. One annotation reads something like: “She had thoughts of marriage but he didn’t.” In his 30s, with two degrees and military service behind him, he was still in search of the perfect Jewish wife. This physicist, with a remarkably unique mind, drove his Kaiser to Manhattan from New Jersey on weekends to find her.
28
Oct
From the Editor | Women’s Voices Make Journalism Stronger
A few weeks ago, I heard from a concerned reader. He thought that Moment was becoming too women-oriented for his taste, that we were publishing too many stories about women.
26
Aug
From the Editor | Reflections on Language—and Thought
The astonishing human capacity for thoughtlessness manifests itself in many ways. One is the ease with which we toss out ugly dismissive words such as “moron,” “witch” and “idiot” to describe people we disagree with
24
Jun
Marianne Williamson’s Prognosis for America
Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein and Washington Bureau Chief of The Christian Science Monitor Linda Feldmann interviewed Marianne Williamson
24
May
My Adventures With Bob Dylan: An Interview With Louie Kemp
Louie Kemp, Bob Dylan’s lifelong friend and manager of Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder tour, tells about meeting Dylan at camp, their adventures over the years and Dylan’s relationship with Judaism.