The Hypocrisy of Boycotting
by Daniel Hoffman
Many European and American students are familiar with academic boycotts of Israel, campaigns which emerged in the United Kingdom in the midst of...
Abraham Yurberg: A Life In Art
By Chelsea Beroza
Walking into Abraham Yurberg’s retrospective at Ten43 Gallery is like walking into a moment trapped in time. Yurberg transports us through a lifetime...
Moment's Publish-a-Kid Contest
Moment's annual Publish-a-Kid contest is underway! Every year, Moment invites kids ages 9-13 to write book reviews: the winning reviews will be published in the...
The Ah-Hah Moment
By Steven Philp
Matt Goldman was not like the other six-year-old boys in his Cub Scout Den. First, he was Jewish. Second, he was gay. He...
Israel's Public Debate Over Privatized Land
by Lily Hoffman Simon
This week, Jews around the world celebrated Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for trees. Among many Jews, the most popular way...
"Ex-Gays": Not Just for Christians
by Steven Philp
This past Saturday, people gathered outside Barnes & Noble in El Paso, TX to protest a book signing by Pastor Tom Brown, a...
The IDF's Rightward Movement?
by Lily Hoffman Simon
The Israeli Defense Force is often viewed as a reflection of Israeli ideologies, and of the Jewish state in general. This conception...
Show Us Your Jewfro!
Do you have a Jewfro? Think it can compete with the frizziest? Enter Moment's "Frizziest of the Fro" contest for a chance to win an...
The Israeli Daily Show
By Daniel Hoffman
The controversial educational video from the Israeli Ministry of Education opens with a kindergarten teacher asking tough questions “to prepare the children for...
Renewing Galicia
by Gabriel Weinstein
My grandfather always chuckled when we spoke about the Galicia region of northwestern Ukraine and southeastern Poland. He’d cackle, “Galicia! We used to...
Gentrification and the Jews
by Lily Hoffman Simon
Jewish immigrant communities coming to North America around the turn of the 20th century faced many problems, including poverty, anti-Semitism, and poor...
My First Christmas, Again
by Steven Philp
This past Saturday my family sat around the Christmas tree to unwrap presents. We have a particular system when it comes to opening...