Arts & Culture

Living, reading, watching and listening Jewishly—that’s the crux of Moment’s Arts & Culture section. Here you can find book reviews, poetry, fiction, art and music. Don’t miss our fantastic interviews with artists and musicians.

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On the surface, Netflix’s Bridgerton does not seem like the type of show “nice Jewish boys and girls” should be

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Film editor Dina Gold reviews the recent Latvian film "The Sign Painter." The film won four awards at the Latvian National Film Festival. ...
From the early beginnings of TV in the 1940s, Jews have been at the forefront of shaping the television landscape. Join television historians Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman for a walk down memory lane and learn about the fascinating characters who started CBS, NBC and ABC as well as ...
Some of us are lucky. We can swim in a lake. We can walk on a dirt road. ...
Last month, The New York Times published a piece called “Saying Goodbye to Hanukkah.” ...

When you step into the Jewish Museum’s current show, “We Fight to Build a Free World, An Exhibition by Jonathan

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Sutzkever’s “essential prose,” which could also be called “prose poetry” or “brief narratives,” has slipped by, little noticed. Until now. ...
Some works of art are perfect receptacles for the stresses and troubles of their times while they are graced with a wisdom that is fundamental and ongoing, making them perpetually relevant. ...
With so many museums and galleries closed or open only for reduced hours this winter, here are a few opportunities to experience art. ...
Yiddish has a rich legacy of storytelling for children, including both global classics and works that originated in the mother tongue of Ashkenazi Jewry. Join Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone translator Arun Viswanath and Miriam Udel, editor and translator of Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s ...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wonder Woman 1984, now playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max. They say

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When you become a book review editor, the first thing you notice is how many books get published every year,

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