Memoir | The One Whose Love Could Not Be Substituted
On the first anniversary of the Dobbs decision, we mark the lasting impact of an illegal 1914 abortion that was desperately sought and tragically botched.
Wisdom Project | Agnes Biro Rothblatt, 90
“There was no food, no heat. My mother scavenged for wood from bombed and abandoned houses to get heat. Eventually, the Iron Curtain closed the country. My parents felt that we had no future there. We were considered too bourgeois.”
Visual Moment | Israeli Artist Sigalit Landau’s Immersion in the Dead Sea
The art Landau has created in this primal moonscape, the lowest land-based elevation on earth, explores the dualities of life and death, injury and healing, destruction and hope—a central theme of the current exhibition and a motivating force behind Landau’s art.
Sturm und Drag
Neo-Nazis have a real problem with drag queens. Is it misplaced? Historical? Antisemitic? What does the larger “anti-grooming” crowd make of it?
A New Plan to Fight Antisemitism, and the Politics Behind It
Jewish Politics & Power is published every other week. Sign up for our newsletter for updates.
1. Biden Rolls Out Long-Awaited Antisemitism Policy
The timing was awkward.
In the organized...
The Key Judicial Reforms Tearing Israel Apart
Israeli’s judicial system differs from the U.S.’s in more than just details. Who’s protesting what, who has the upper hand, and what, exactly, is on the table?
After Abbas: A Special Report
Moment spoke to four analysts about possible scenarios in the post-Abbas era, and examined the legacy of his years of leadership of a fractured, occupied and armed Palestinian body politic.
Wisdom Project | Erika Hassan, 92
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, in 1931, Erika Hassan survived the Holocaust in the mountains before emigrating to the United States in 1946.
Will the Third Temple Survive its 75th Year?
The First Temple lasted about 400 years, the Second Temple held for 600 years, and the Third Temple—if modern Israel may assume that name—is dangerously...
Is the Anti-Establishment “Woo-to-Q Pipeline” Antisemitic?
When celebrities like Russell Brand and Christiane Northrup talk about a global system enslaving humanity, do they just mean Jews?
Are Democrats Becoming Anti-Israel?
Dems’ sympathy toward Israel has plunged to 38%, while sympathy toward Palestinians hit a record 49 %. What about GOP and Independent voters?
Rage Against the Rube Goldberg Machine
America’s first Jewish comedy superstar, Rube Goldberg drew Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons that satirized industry and made him famous.