Jewish Film Review | A Requiem for Golda
A unique character study follows Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir with a visceral closeness through the tense days of the Yom Kippur War.
From the Newsletter | Kohenet’s Final Ordination of Hebrew Priestesses
One of the boldest—and most controversial—experiments in contemporary Judaism is coming to a close.
After 18 years in operation, the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute (KHPI)...
WATCH | New Holocaust Museum Opens—In a Video Game
Luc Bernard was inspired to create the map after seeing the statistic that 80 percent of Americans have not visited a Holocaust museum.
Exploring Today’s World Through Poetry with Richard Michelson & Amy E. Schwartz
Join Michelson, author of Sleeping as Fast as I Can, and Moment Book and Opinion Editor Amy E. Schwartz for a conversation about “how one acts responsibly in a world that is at once beautiful and full of suffering-balanced precariously on the edge of despair and ruin?”
In the Aftermath of Maui’s Wildfires, a Rabbi-Turned-Farmer Steps Up
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Last week’s wildfires in Hawaii were among the most devastating in American...
Boychik in Blue: An Interview With the NYPD’s Chief Jewish Chaplain
I don’t carry a gun, and I don’t go out and do police work. The job of a police officer is to serve the public. My job is to serve police officers.
In ‘The Moss Maidens,’ Young Women Seduce Nazis to Kill Them
Putting on The Moss Maidens—the production that won the Best Play and Best Ensemble awards at SheNYC, a recent theater festival—felt particularly cathartic for the play’s Jewish cast and crew members.Â
Wisdom Project | Lucille Weener, 90
My parents never spoke “Jewish” at home—they wanted their kids to be American. But the year the survivors lived with us, I learned Yiddish in teaching them English.
Book Review | From Half a Line to Hebrew Heroine
Feldman not only recovers these female characters but brings together the traditional rabbinic commentaries on these marginal or marginalized women.
From the Newsletter | Is AI Good for Humanity?
It's the question of the moment.
The launch of the first really convincing artificial intelligence chatbot last November sparked widespread excitement and fear. Suddenly, people were...
Oy, Oy, AI: What ChatGPT Can Tell Us About Jewish Jokes
One thing most people don’t want explained are jokes. BUT, if a joke is already bona fide boffo funny, an explanation might help us appreciate it even more.
Could America Cut Aid to Israel? And Would It?
As Israel continues down a questionable political path, the once taboo question of cutting aid is suddenly on the table.