Israel Update: Protests Pump the Brakes—for Now
Israel has slowed down, but it has not yet backed away from the brink.
Jarring, but Funny: History of the World Part II is a Fitting Sequel
Like many of Moment’s readers, I have been a diehard Mel Brooks fan since before my bar mitzvah. As a youth I loved the satire...
No, Jews Aren’t Being Erased—We’re Just Sharing the Pie
The numbers aren’t the problem with Savage’s argument: It’s the paranoid spin that’s unhealthy for the communal psyche.
Ladino in Turkey: Rescuing an Endangered Language
A group of Turkish Jews is championing the revival of the 500-year-old Judeo-Spanish language
Opinion | Friends of Israel, Be Very Afraid
Here is a tremendous clash of cultures, of contradicting Judaisms, finally out in the open.
An Interview with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt
“Antisemitism is like the canary in the coal mine of democracy,” says the U.S. special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism.
Meet the Five New Jewish House Members
Forget about the ‘Jew-ish’ guy. These five new members of Congress have real lives worth noting.
From Zero to Hate in Just a Tik and a Tok
I created a new TikTok account to see how long it would take for the algorithm to go down the “alt-right pipeline.” The result was shocking.
Was ‘Mensch Mayor’ Steve Schewel Good for Durham’s Jews?
Former Mayor Steve Schewel may have turned Durham into a research and tech hub, but faced scrutiny from the city’s Jewish community along the way.
12 Books That Made Us Think in 2022
Here are 12 books that made us think—one for each month of 2022—along with some of the books they made us think of reading next.
The Seifter Menorah: Fingerprints From a Vanished World
As is often the case with material culture, the Seifter menorah tells a complex story.
Who Edited Hanukkah Out of the Bible?
Why are the Maccabees—the account of the Jewish insurrection celebrated at Hanukkah—included in the Christian Bible, but not the Hebrew one?