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 I should read to be an “educated Jew.” ...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Big Questions
How Is Your Judaism Different From Your Parents’?
Moment asked millennial Jews, "How is your Judaism different from your parents'?" The young generation of the Jewish community looks diverse—and proud to be Jewish. ...
How Have Female Clergy Transformed Jewish Life, Ritual and Practice?
Forty-six years after the first American woman rabbi was ordained, Judaism is transformed. ...
The Top 5 Books
We asked experts and aficionados to recommend their top five books on timely and intriguing subjects—from trends in American Judaism to Jewish romance....
Seven Decades of Israeli Art
To mark the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, Moment asks curators from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Ben-Gurion University to choose outstanding works of art from each decade....
What is The Meaning of God Today?
Moment asks a diverse group of philosophers, scientists, writers, artists & clergy the age-old question that never gets old....
American Jewish Literature: Dead or Alive?
With Gal Beckerman / Nicholas Delbanco / Nathan Englander / Rebecca Goldstein / Allegra Goodman / Mohsin Hamid / Dara Horn / Aaron Lansky / Ruby Namdar / Alicia Ostriker / Robert Pinsky / Jane Yolen [divider] As Moment’s culture editor, whether I am speaking with publishers, authors, scholars or people I meet...
Is Intermarriage Good for the Jews?
The very meaning of intermarriage has shifted with these demographic changes. In earlier periods, intermarriage was generally seen as a rejection of Jewish identity and a form of rebellion against the community. These days, intermarriage doesn’t necessarily spell the end of an active Jewish life...
Defining Moments in Israeli History
Which event most defined the last half-century of the Israeli experience?...
Is Democracy Broken?
28 years ago political philosopher Francis Fukuyama famously declared “the end of history,”meaning that there would be “the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.” It was a heady time. The Berlin Wall was poised to fall...