From 2007 | Lost in India
At times I feel like I am not among Jews but impostors meticulously reading from a script. At other times, their utter faith makes me question my own.
From 2009 | Pilgrimage to Uman
“A legion of spanking new white charter buses gleamed in the moonlight, standing by to deliver pilgrims to Uman. Since I was heading the same way, I asked if I might join them, but my gender made me forbidden cargo.
From 2004 | Who Holds the Deed to the Holy Land?
How the Greek Orthodox Church became one of the most influential landlords in Jerusalem is a story of medieval luck, good timing and a certain stubbornness.
From the Archive | More Poetry of Linda Pastan
The following poems by Linda Pastan were printed in Moment between 1975 and 2015.
A SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The rabbis wrote:
although...
From 1994 | Argentina’s Jews After The Bomb: From Scapegoats to Pariahs
On the 29th anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, we take a look back at how Argentina’s Jewish community dealt with the tragedy.
From 2001 | The Gay Orthodox Underground
In 2001 Moment published an article about the underground gay community among Orthodox Jews. This piece by Naomi Grossman remains relevant today, as the tensions...
From 1999 | After Arafat
In 1999 Moment published an article about Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, detailing the nature of his rule, the state of his health as well as...
From 1996 | Shifting Borders
The following article is a 1996 piece by biblical scholar Jacob Milgrom in which he describes the various territorial definitions of Eretz Yisrael, or "Land...
From 1988 | An Interview with UN Ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu
As part of our prelude to Moment’s upcoming Israel Issue, each week we will be posting articles from the archives on Israeli culture, history, and politics.
From 1984 | My Interview with Jimmy Carter
Four years after his presidency ended, Moment spoke to Jimmy Carter about Camp David, American Jews, human rights and more.
From 1984 | My Hour with Jimmy Carter
Moment co-founder Leonard Fein interviewed Jimmy Carter in 1984.
From 2009 | The Pomegranate: A Rich and Holy History
Pomegranate designs were embroidered on the robes of the ancient high priests and adorned King Solomon’s temple