by Phyllis Myers
I traveled to Poland in October 1989 as Central and Eastern Europe was emerging from a half-century of Nazi occupation and Communist rule....
Recorder of Misdeeds: Interview With a Holocaust Oral Historian
Moment speaks with Noemi Szekely-Popescu, an oral historian at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum who has collected stories from hundreds of survivors in the U.S. and internationally.
Remembering Lipman Pike
by Richard Michelson
The Answer is Lipman Pike.
The category is Jewish baseball stars. Which of these is the correct Jeopardy! question?
Which player hit 6 home runs...
Book Review: David, The Divided Heart
by Linda Tucker
David: The Divided Heart
David Wolpe
Yale University Press
September 16, 2014, 184 pp, $25.00
A man of contradictions is the Biblical David–on the one hand revered...
The Establishment Question: Should the Town of Greece Ruling Worry Religious Minorities?
by Joseph D. Becker
On a recent visit to a local post office in Westchester, I was surprised to see, on the counter facing the public,...
What’s it Like to Run the NYT’s Most-Reviled Bureau? We Asked Ethan Bronner
Think your job is tough? Try running the Jerusalem bureau of The New York Times.
Steve Greenberg: How Orthodox Jews Changed Their Minds On Gay Rights
Same-sex rights proponents suffered an unusual loss this week when a federal judge in Louisiana upheld the state's ban on gay marriage, bucking a domino-like chain...
Nathan Guttman on AIPAC: A Waning Superpower?
Is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobbying group, facing an imminent crisis of power?
What do Italian Futurism, the Pre-Raphaelites and Judaism and Christianity have in common?
This summer and fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is highlighting the little-known Pre-Raphaelites in the exhibit, “The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy: British Art and Design” (through October 26).
Founder Leibel Fein on Moment’s Origins
The death of Moment founder Leonard “Leibel” Fein last week marked a major loss for the Jewish world. An incisive literary voice and champion of...
A St. Louis Rabbi On the Ground in Ferguson
It has been almost two weeks of unrest since the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Since then, “clashes...
What We’re Reading: Eileen Lavine
Each week, we'll take a look at what Moment editors are reading, from newspapers to novels. This week we hear from Eileen Lavine, a senior editor...