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.
Top Ten Jewish Podcasts: Reader Edition
We gave you a list of our top ten favorite Jewish podcasts and you responded in kind. By popular demand, here are ten more!
The Books That Shaped You
We asked our readers to tell us their own stories about books that changed them. Here are some of our favorites.
From the Campaigns
As Election Day approaches, Moment reached out to four experts—two campaign workers, and two outside experts—to discuss the candidates.
A New Home for Detroit’s LGBT Jews
“Detroit has lost so many young people,” Dubin says. “Where are the Jewish leaders, the Jewish gay leaders, of this century going to come from?”