Jewish Genes as Time Machines
A lonely Jew reassembles her vanished family through a combination of genealogical sleuthing, genetic testing and cousin-fishing
Trump VS Clinton: The Battle Heats Up
What would a Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump presidency mean for American Jews—and the issues they care about?
Venice, the Jews and Europe: 1516-2016
On March 29, 1516, the Venetian Senate, under the leadership of Doge Leonardo Loredan, decreed that “Jews must all live together” in a guarded and enclosed area of the city…
Book Review // Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer
Review by Geraldine Brooks // The greater part, the best part, the sometimes brilliant part of Jonathan Safran Foer’s new novel Here I Am takes place in this moment between that crunch of impact and inevitable fragmentation. What’s at stake is a marriage. The crunch of impact is the moment when a wife finds her husband’s secret second cellphone and reads the graphic sexual messages it contains…
Opinion // Hillary the Hawk
Clinton’s foreign policy may surprise her opponents—and her supporters.
Opinion // Israel Is Sitting This One Out
Even Bibi Netanyahu has gone quiet on this year’s U.S. presidential election.
Opinion // I’m Just Saying No To Hillary Clinton
Why Donald Trump is the best option for Israel—and America.
Opinion// Left or Right? Neither Side Feels Safe
What are Jews to do in an election season that features Trump, BDS and BLM?
From the Editor // Nadine Epstein
This summer we lost Elie Wiesel, a great and kind man who was an inspiration to me. Moment has now lost both of its founders, and I, two friends. Without Elie and Leibel—Leonard Fein—it is more important than ever that Moment continue its work and carry on their legacies.
Poetry That is Better Than Poetry
There have been Jewish American poets for about as long as there has been American poetry.
Israeli Craft Beers & Wine
To many, the words “Israeli wine” conjure up the culinary memory of the tooth-achingly sweet wines poured at Passover seders of yore. But the idea that Israel produces nothing but sugary kosher wines is a myth—in fact, Israel is home to hundreds of vineyards producing high-quality wines, many of them on par with those produced in traditional wine-making countries like France and Italy.
Comics Roundup // Leela Corman
Why is this comic different from all other comics?