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Friday, August 23, 2019
Arts & Culture
What Five Books Should You Read To Be An Educated Jew?
When I came to Moment 15 years ago, I wanted to expand my Jewish knowledge and began asking people which books IIshould read to be an “educated Jew.” ...
At Home With Marge Piercy
Marge Piercy doesn’t live that far off the beaten track—it’s only Cape Cod, after all—but it feels remote, especially in the off-season. The poet, novelist and longtime feminist activist, who’s now 83, has lived in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, since the 1970s....
Visual Moment | Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich’s Bold Vision
Rudolph “Rudi” Gernreich was one of the most prominent fashion designers of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. His revolutionary designs and avant-garde collections embodied his vision of fashion as a liberating force that defied conventional ideas of beauty, identity and gender. “Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich,”...
Book Review | A Jewish Outsider in Paris
Marcel Proust In Search of Lost Time Robert Siegel Review...
Book Review | The World of Aufbau
A review of The World of Aufbau Book by Peter Schrag, written by Jenna Weismann Joselit...
Bob Dylan On The Roof
Bob Dylan friend Louie Kemp tells of their experiences going to Jewish Herzl camp as kids....
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. ...
The Jewish History of Punk
From its origins with Jewish musicians in the 1970s to modern-day Jewish punk bands, the histories of Jewish culture and punk rock are deeply intertwined....
Judith Viorst Talks Nearing 90
At 88 years old, Viorst doesn’t fail to remind us how fiercely funny she is in her appropriately titled poetry collection: Nearing 90 and Other Comedies of Late Life. ...