Special Edition | The Making of a Jewish Word
Technology inexplicably fails us often enough that we need a word for the occasion.
20
Jul
18
Jul
Spice Box | So, what are you waiting for, journal already!
Send your unmarked original newspaper clippings, curiosities and photographs to editor@momentmag.com.
Self-destruction, self-renewal.
Submitted by Yossi Abramowitz, Jerusalem, Israel
So, what are you waiting for, journal already!
Submitted by Anonymous
Celebrating the eternal covenant between tuna and mayo.
Submitted by Glenn Havinoviski, Herndon, Virginia
18
Jul
The Conversation
Kudos to Sarah Breger for calling out the “constant meanness” on so many social media platforms, and for urging the cultivation of empathy (“From the Editor: A Passover Call for Empathy,” Spring 2022).
17
Jul
Poem | A Visitor in Herzliya
Many Jews arrive in Israel for the first time and experience a shock of recognition, as if the land and its history, both ancient and contemporary, were their own.
12
Jul
A New Generation of Jewish Farmers Returns to the Land
Wendy Rhein’s day begins at 5 am, when she wakes up, checks the weather and puts on her headlamp to bring a bag of kitchen food scraps to her two young Berkshire pigs.
12
Jul
Talk of the Table | Cooking with Cannabis
Wedged on Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the epicenter of Lubavitch life, is Primo Hatters, a family-run hat business catering to the religious community.
12
Jul
Visual Moment | A Window in Time: Europe, 1934
For eight weeks during the summer of 1934, a 17-year-old high school student from New York by the name of Richard J. Scheuer (known to family and friends as Dick) and his father, Simon, traveled through Europe.
06
Jul
Can Malmö Solve Its Antisemitism Problem?
Gritty and lively, Malmö is Sweden’s third-largest city—home to more than 350,000 residents and 183 nationalities.
06
Jul
Summer Novels to Feast On
Every summer, Jennifer Weiner serves up a quintessential summer novel, effortlessly blending the cozy and the topical and usually sprinkling in some Cape Cod flavor.
06
Jul
Book Review | A Madcap Holocaust Holiday
An elderly Holocaust survivor dies and goes to heaven.