Opinion | What’s Wrong with This Picture?
Moment’s Israel editor argues that we can’t encourage peace or struggle against evil through the secondary victimization of the dead.
Opinion | At Israeli Seders, Pick Your Pharaoh
This Passover, before or after reading the Haggadah, many Israeli Jews are likely to mention a casual but common Hebrew phrase: “We got past Pharaoh, we will get past this too.”
Jewish Word | Doikayt: The Jewish Left Is Here
Embraced by 1940s Bundists opposed to Zionism, the Yiddish word for “hereness” is being popularized by progressive American Jews.
Beyond Greening: Jewish Responses to Climate Emergency
American Jewish responses to this existential threat include a spate of new books, fresh efforts to organize grassroots Jewish climate activists and increased attention to climate within the Jewish environmental movement.
The Israeli Diaspora Finds A Voice
Moment critic-at-large Carlin Romano reviews the three-part novel series “The Hebrew Teacher” by Maya Arad.
Why You Should Stop Being Angry at RBG
Justice Ginsburg was a mortal like the rest of us; she didn’t have the gift of hindsight.
The Solar Eclipse Then and Now—the Jewish Perspective
In early April a total eclipse will pass over the United States. Is this a bad omen for the Jewish people?
From the Editor’s Desk: A Podcast for Those in Search of Nuance
“From The Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea” is a podcast that’s part history lesson, part therapy session and also features interviews with various peacebuilders in the region.
Opinion | What I Learned from Alexei Navalny
It is difficult to accept the news regarding the death of Russian leader Alexei Navalny. I’m devastated for his family and for all Russians who,...
Q&A | Genocide Scholar Mike Brand on the ICJ Ruling
Will Israel comply with the ICJ’s order to submit a report within a month detailing what it’s doing to follow the Genocide Convention?
Poem | Kaddish for the Living
What does it mean to be “dead / but not”—marooned on the border between being and having been? In “Kaddish for the Living,” a daughter...
Muslim and Arab Voices Against Bigotry
Thoughts from Muslims and Arabs who have been courageously speaking out against antisemitism and the October Hamas attack on Israel.