There’s a Word for That
by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic
Guess who’s coming to dinner? The machetunim.
That’s the Yiddish word you’ll probably use soon after your daughter has announced her engagement,...
Mark Levin on Anti-Jewish Sentiment in Ukraine and Europe
Since the fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists began in April, hundreds of Jews from Donetsk and Luhansk have left their lives and...
Professor of Exile: Edward Said’s Misreading of Erich Auerbach
by Avihu Zakai
Edward Said (1935-2003), Palestinian-American scholar, activist, and for many years Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, had a deep...
A Vegetarian’s Take On Kosher Barbecue
by Jennifer Cole
It’s 12:30 p.m. on a Monday afternoon. Still tired and weary-eyed from the weekend, hungry business people stumble out of the office and...
What We’re Reading: Dina Gold
Each week, we’ll share what Moment editors are reading and watching, from news to novels. Here, Moment senior editor Dina Gold, originally from London, tells us...
Jewish Mexico: The Land of Chile and Honey
It’s good to be a Jew in Mexico City. Mexico’s tightly-knit Jewish community boasts the lowest rates of intermarriage in the world at six percent, two percent counting Jewish conversions upon marriage.
A Brief Literary Guide to the History of Gaza
There's more to the long-suffering region than meets the eye. From visual journalism to history to cookbooks, here are four books to deepen your understanding of the...
Simon Henderson Q&A: Qatar’s Outsized Role in the Middle East
"Qatar does not support Hamas, Qatar supports the Palestinians,” Qatari Foreign Minister Dr. Khalid Al Attiyah declared in a CNN interview that aired this week. Yet some questions...
Modern Hebrew: The Epic Transformation of a Language
While teaching modern Hebrew in England and the United States, Norman Berdichevsky got a shock. Many of his students, he found, “were unable to utter...
Will the Real Bagel Please Roll Over?
by Ellen Sue Spicer-Jacobson
One of my fondest childhood memories is going with my father and siblings to Kramer’s Bakery in Trenton, NJ on a Saturday...
What We’re Reading: Sala Levin
Each week, we'll share what Moment editors are reading and watching, from news to novels. First up is Moment staffer Sala Levin, who wrote about...
A Feisty Old Jew Goes Fringe
by Deborah Altman
Longtime playwright/performer and San Francisco native Charlie Varon jumps onto the stage. One second he's Varon, the next he's Bernie--an instantaneous transformation from...