From the Editor | A Passover Call For Empathy
It is hard to believe we are about to celebrate our third COVID Passover.
28
Mar
24
Jan
From the Editor | Elie Wiesel and Two Girls He Never Met
Shortly before Elie Wiesel, one of Moment’s two cofounders, died in 2016, I had an appointment to visit him in New York.
10
Nov
From the Editor | The Place Where We Are Right
I have been editing Moment for so long now that I can close my eyes before a story is published and see the letters to the editor and comments that we are going to receive.
08
Sep
From the Editor | We Can No Longer Take Enlightenment Values For Granted
2021 has turned out to be another unpredictable year. As wave after wave of news stories reporting death and mayhem rolled over us, I found myself thinking about the Enlightenment.
01
Jul
From the Editor | The Miracle That Is Jewish Jokes
Believe it or not, I grew up in a Jewish family that didn’t tell jokes.
15
Mar
From the Editor | The Blessings of Community
My father died peacefully on a wintry morning this February. The day before, there was a snowstorm, and he spent hours watching the flakes fall outside his kitchen window.
05
Jan
From the Editor | The Great American Reset
Every four or eight years, the United States has the opportunity for a political reset.
11
Nov
From the Deputy Editor | Why We Must Have a Jewish Fourth Estate
One perk of working at a Jewish magazine is getting Jewish publications from all over the world in the office mail.
14
Sep
From the Editor | Toppling Monuments in our Hearts and Minds
Can we confront the future without reckoning with the past?
06
Sep
From The Editor | September/October 2018
In practice it requires women to maintain the peace by bending to the will of the males around them. Although my mother was a feminist for her time, she still subconsciously bought into the notion that shalom bayit was the duty of women and girls.