Top Foods to Eat on Sukkot
Sukkot is a harvest holiday, which means it’s all about the food. As Sukkot is only days away, here are the top foods to enjoy in your sukkah.
Film Review // Denial
“Deborah said, ‘I’m about to sign this paper giving you these rights. You need to promise me one thing: the truth.'”
Getting Political: The Third Israeli-American Council Conference
While still addressing the integration of Israeli-Americans into American Jewish life, this year’s conference gave center stage to the Coalition for Action’s step-by-step construction of alliances with local political and religious groups and use of social media to build support for pro-Israel actions.
‘A Memory of an Illusion’: A Talk With Russian Activist Masha Gessen
Did you know that Israel is not the only Jewish state in the world? Deep in the territory of the Russian Federation, close to the Chinese border is the other Jewish state: Birobidzhan.
What Is Shimon Peres’s Legacy?
Moment speaks with Reuven Hazan, a professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s political science department, about Peres’s life.
Q&A: Ukraine’s Roma Community
In late August, the small Ukrainian village of Loshchynivka, near the Romanian border, was the site of a riot that targeted property belonging to the local Roma community. Andrej Kotljarchuk, whose research focuses on ethnic minorities and mass violence, spoke with Moment.
Revisiting ‘Choosing a Jewish Life’
Anita Diamant has updated her groundbreaking book, “Choosing a Jewish Life,” to provide creative and innovative guidance to those seeking to convert.
If You Don’t Vote? ‘I’ll Haunt You When I Die’
If the 2016 election weren’t surreal enough, if this year’s campaign ads weren’t strange enough: Well, now there’s this.
A New Kind of Campaign Ad
In his latest campaign ad, Jason Kander stands in an empty warehouse. Wearing a button-down shirt and a blindfold, he begins to assemble an AR-15 rifle.
‘While I’m Here’: A Look Back at Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel was an actor, a folksinger, a Yiddish speaker, an activist. Now, a group of musicians is making its own attempt at preserving Bikel’s legacy.
Book Review // Decoding Chomsky
Decoding Chomsky
Chris Knight
Yale University Press
2016, pp. 304
By Robert F. Barsky
Chris Knight’s new book begins with the unpromising statement that he, in encountering Chomsky’s work, would...
Five Whiskey Recommendations
In our September/October issue, we wrote about American whiskey’s little-known Jewish heritage. Now, explore five whiskey recommendations.