Travels with Pnin
In college, I made the ill-advised decision to join the cross-country ski team. Slow, given to daydreams, and so lacking any sense of d...
02
Jul
20
Jun
Heart to Heart with Elie Wiesel
Not long ago, I sat down with Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Moment co-founder Elie Wiesel for a heart-to-heart talk....
11
Jun
Will the Real Shrek Please Stand Up?
Children love Shrek, the sweet green ogre and beloved cartoon character who starred, thanks to DreamWorks, in “his” first flick in 2001...
20
May
Jewish Word | Ghetto
Venice, Harlem and Beyond
There are few words that so acutely symbolize discrimination as “ghetto.” It was coined in Ven...
20
May
Jews and the San Francisco Gold Rush
In the early 1850s, Adolph Sutro, a cocky young man with a thick walrus moustache, headed west to make his fortune. Originally from Pru...
09
May
Jewish Routes | Washington, DC
In Celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month
Jews have had a major presence in Washington, DC, ever since young land speculator Is...
06
May
Book Review / Menachem Begin: A Life
Martin Indyk reviews “Menachem Begin: A Life,” by Avi Shilon
26
Feb
Jewish Word | Moser
The Jewish Snitch
by Sala Levin
Earlier this year, Nechemya Weberman, a member of the Hasidic Satmar community in New York, was sen...
15
Jan
The Spicy Tale of India’s Jewish Cuisine
Palak paneer, chana masala and the egregiously treif-sounding butter chicken may not scream “Jewish” and were highly unlikely to grace ...
03
Jan
From the Editor | January/February 2013
Anxiety is not exclusively a Jewish trait, although as a people long subject to persecution, we continue to pass it on to our children....