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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Nadler was a finalist for the first four Moment cartoon caption contests he entered. ...
It’s never too late for some good, old-fashioned sibling rivalry—not even in retirement. ...
"I’ve probably won 80-plus contests and been a runner up for more. It’s just persistence." ...
"I have to confess I don't actually put actual work or much thinking in this enterprise, but instead rely on sudden spurts of inspiration." ...
We wanted to learn more about our most prolific participants—so we asked them about their love of contests, their approach to humor and the secret to the perfect caption. ...
The First Book of Jewish Jokes Edited by Elliott Oring Translated by Michaela Lang Indiana University Press 2018, 176 pp,
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The Jewish Sculptor’s Confederate Statues Have Become a Beacon for White Supremacists. ...
Films You Shouldn’t Miss By Isaac Zablocki A notable theme that emerged from the film festival lineups was movies about
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When Alfred Moses, an attorney and prominent national Jewish leader, traveled behind the Iron Curtain to Romania in 1976, the impoverished country was under the thumb of the ruthless and corrupt dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The trip changed Moses’s life, inspiring him to fight for the freedom of Romania’s Jews. ...
On the day after Yom Kippur, I ride my bike along the waterfront. Pious men build their sukkah before sunset.
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Throughout the Maghreb, couscous was traditionally prepared by groups of women, family and friends, who helped each other pass the long hours it took to make. First, they spread semolina wheat, bought by the men and freshly ground, onto a large round platter, sprinkling it with salted water and sometimes ...
“Do we gossip? Do we repost stories about friends, family or colleagues that ought not be repeated? Do we believe everything we read?” ...