Issue Blast | November/December 2023
Those of us who refuse to either be washed out to sea or retreat inland are in a challenging, sometimes heartbreaking position.
From the Newsletter | GOP Debate & the Beer Hall Putsch Centennial
Israel, Hamas, Iran and campus antisemitism all got airing in last night’s GOP debate. And, no, Ramaswamy didn’t call Zelensky a Nazi, but he did come off like a clown.
From the Newsletter | New House Speaker, Same George Santos
Now facing 23 federal charges, the New York Representative has made no indication he’ll resign, nor has he been keeping a low profile.
From the Newsletter | The Arsenal of Memory
I was WhatsApping with a friend in Israel earlier this week and we were talking about the popularity of the Rachel Edri story. In case...
From the Newsletter | Anything but Normal
October 7, 2023, is a day we will never forget. As one of our U.S.-based editors remarked in a meeting, “It feels like 9/11,” except...
From the Newsletter | The Brilliant and Formidable Alice Shalvi
When she died on October 2 at age 96, Alice Shalvi left behind scores of mourning family members and friends in Israel and abroad, hundreds...
From the Newsletter | Shana Tova! Let’s See the Fruits!
It’s the season of return—literally.
Earlier this week, making plans to schlep the family back to the New York shul I grew up in, as we...
From the Newsletter | Is Elon Musk Really Going to Sue the ADL?
By now it shouldn’t surprise anyone when Elon Musk makes an attention-grabbing announcement on social media.
His posts on X (formerly Twitter) are a cascade of...
From the Newsletter | What Would Golda Think of Israel Today?
"It's not a biopic," Guy Nattiv, the director of the new film Golda told me when we spoke before the film's premiere. “It's not Gandhi.”...
From the Newsletter | Kohenet’s Final Ordination of Hebrew Priestesses
One of the boldest—and most controversial—experiments in contemporary Judaism is coming to a close.
After 18 years in operation, the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute (KHPI)...
From the Newsletter | Is AI Good for Humanity?
It's the question of the moment.
The launch of the first really convincing artificial intelligence chatbot last November sparked widespread excitement and fear. Suddenly, people were...
From the Newsletter | When the State Serves Death
This week, Moment covers two planned executions.
In October 2018, Robert Bowers killed 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg, PA, the deadliest...