Memory Speaks, But It Doesn’t Always Tell the Truth
Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother’s Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind
By Julie Metz
Atria Books; 320 pages; $28
The Eve in the...
Staff Picks: Hunters, Hemingway and Harlem
What we’re reading—and watching—this week.
In Defense of My Unorthodox Life
Love her or hate her, one thing is clear: Julia Haart, the 50-year-old self-described ultra-Orthodox Jew turned fashion mogul and star of Netflix’s newest reality...
From the Archives | Jewish Comics
In 1976, Moment wrote about Jewish comics’ rise from obscurity into mainstream American media and the role comedy has played in Jewish life.
A Funeral Farce (Shiva Baby)
Shiva Baby
Released April 2, 2021 (USA)
1 hour 17 minutes
Directed by Emma Seligman
Neon Heart Productions
Comedy, English
When Danielle’s overbearing mother presses her into attending a shiva, a...
From the Archives | Borscht Belt Humor Hits Broadway
Borscht Belt humor walks a narrow line between good jokes and bad taste. Alexander Wohl analyzes this sometimes off-color Jewish humor.
From the Archives | Are Jews Still Funny?
In 1979 Time magazine, the quintessential barometer of American life, told the nation that even though Jews made up only 3 percent of the population, 80 percent of America’s working comedians were Jewish.
Poem | The Poem I Wrote Two Days After the Election Was Called
That morning broke just as beautifully as the two
days before. Having celebrated—the shouts called us out
from wherever we were—we did dance in the streets,
the glee...
Essay | Searching for Solomon Cohen
Own a piece of history! This was what the listing for the “Solomon Cohen House,” built in 1875, urged prospective buyers to do.
A Dog’s Eye View of the Holocaust
In her latest film review, Dina Gold discusses Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog, which opened in movie theaters on May 28.
Poem | The Season When My Life Turned
I have been the first person awake in my house every morning of my life.
Fiction | The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land
Simcha was the man who sold air from the Holy Land, not to be confused with those unimaginative con artists who sold oil from the Oily Land or water from the Dead Sea.