Yossi Shain is a Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and a Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics at Georgetown University. His most recent book, The Israeli Century and the Israelization of Judaism, is currently a bestseller in Israel and will come...
Sixth & I, the historic Washington, DC synagogue and culture center, was vandalized on Friday less than two months after a similar incident at the Washington Hebrew Congregation. Sixth & I staff reported finding the word “JEW” etched into a wooden door and several swastikas...
The title of “biggest threat” to American Jews is hard to define or measure. And more importantly, it’s political. Most liberals would agree that anti-Semitism has reached new records under Trump and that the president’s response to the phenomenon has been less than adequate....
The first known bark mitzvah took place in 1958 in Beverly Hills, California. ...
This is a scenario some are now looking at, as Pete Buttigieg, even younger and less experienced than Obama was at the time, is having his moment. The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana is surging in Iowa, the first state to vote in February....
As the July 31 centenary of Primo Levi’s birth approached this past summer, Italy paid homage....
Orthodox Jews are Trump’s strongest—and only—reliable support base within the Jewish community. Polling shows that more than half of those identifying as Orthodox voted for Trump in 2016. The president also enjoys strong approval ratings within the Orthodox community since taking office. This unlikely political...
As we approach the first yahrtzeit of the Pittsburgh attack, it may be worthwhile taking a moment to look at what has been done, and what still needs to be done, to make sure it is a commemoration of past evil, not a turning point...
“This latest has been my fourth cancer bout," Ginsburg said. “And I found each time that when I'm active, I feel much better than if I'm just lying about and feeling sorry for myself.” ...
On September 24, 1950, Israel concluded Operation Magic Carpet, transporting over 45,000 Yemenite Jews to the Jewish state. To commemorate this historic mission, Moment has republished Zion Ozeri's 1982 photo essay "The Yemenites." Take a look for a deeper understanding of Jewish life in Yemen...