On July 4, 1776, some of my ancestors were living in Central and Eastern Europe, where I imagine them passionately
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Last week, I stumbled on my father’s diary from his first trip to Iran in 2002. ...
It is remarkable to see the growing number of Orthodox rabbis and scholars developing innovative interpretations of biblical and rabbinic texts to foster greater inclusion and acceptance. ...
A Judaism defined by fear is not sustainable, nor, frankly, is it worth sustaining. ...
What is Moment’s mission? And what’s a magazine in today’s world anyway? ...
"Moment is, above all else, an invitation: an invitation to take Jewish possibilities seriously (but not soberly); an invitation to inquiry, to learning, to literature, to Jewish life richly conceived." ...
In those days and nights of destiny, the solitude of the Jewish people was matched only by God's... We let them suffer alone, fight alone. And yet, and yet. They did not die alone—not quite— for something of all of us died with them. ...
Happy Anniversary to Moment, and thank you to all our wonderful readers! ...
Plan in hand, Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein is struck that she is holding the origin document of the two-state solution. ...
In Moment’s pages, the internal debates and external challenges of the Jewish people, and of the wider world, are reflected. ...
The world is more complex to think our way through today than at any previous time in human history. ...
"The world as seen from the perspective of 1943 led me to think about our times. Last Rosh Hashanah, we had no idea of what was to come." ...