Q&A With Leon Wieseltier
On Jewish literature, Israel, digitization, freedom of expression and the pleasures of being insulted.
Wieseltier on Oren: “[I’m] Outraged and Offended”
“I don’t take kindly to being called anti-Semitic and I don’t take kindly to having Jewish self-hatred attributed to me. I don’t take kindly to it at all.”
How The First World War Changed Jewish History
Professor Daniel Schwartz on how fears of Jewish disloyalty fueled deportations and massacres in Eastern Europe during and after the war, how the Jewish Legion helped conquer Ottoman Palestine for the British, and why World War I was a turning point for European Jewry.
When a Knish is More Than Just a Knish
In honor of Father’s Day, we’re collecting your dad stories. From sweet remembrances to embarrassing moments and everything in between, send them all to editor@momentmag.com with the subject line “Father’s Day” for a chance to be published on our website.
A Jewish Take on Caitlyn Jenner
by Amara McLaughlin
Five years before Vanity Fair unveiled Caitlyn Jenner on their front cover, Joy Ladin’s story made headlines and front pages in Jewish media.
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What the Supreme Court Passport Ruling Means for Presidential Power
Moment spoke with Mark Graber, the Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism at the University of Maryland’s Carey School of Law, about Zivotofsky v. Kerry and its implications.
Sacks: What Is Anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is the least creative thing you can think of and the most destructive. But in a sense, anti-Semitism survives because of a weird and dangerous kind of creativity. Let me explain why.
Q&A: Women of the Wall
Moment spoke to the authors of the upcoming book Women of the Wall: Navigating Religion in the Public Sphere about the controversy surrounding the group, and their thoughts on resolving it.
Stolen Legacy: Q&A With Dina Gold
Dina Gold is a senior editor at Moment and the author of the upcoming book Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at...
Listen: Moment’s 90th Birthday Celebration for Theodore Bikel
"I hope to inspire quite a lot of people, because I have not only one but a number of legacies that need to be preserved....
Does Divestment Divide Jewish Students From Their Peers?
by Anna Isaacs
Over the weekend, The New York Times ran a story about the popularity of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement on dozens of American college campuses,...
Book Review // A Replacement Life
For Slava Gelman, Fishman’s main character, finding a balance between his Russian and American selves proves difficult.