Opinion | Are Jews Historical Artifacts in Europe?
The future of Europe’s dwindling Jewish communities is bleak.
Opinion | A Good Deal Doesn’t Have to Be ‘Beautiful’
But can President Trump and his special Middle East envoys accept anything less?
From The Editor | July/August 2017
A few days after we finished Moment’s last issue, I got on a plane to China, a country I had never visited. There is so much to say about China. To begin with, it is no longer the shattered country I studied in college in the years following Mao’s death and the end of the Cultural Revolution.
Opinion // How Liberal Streams of Judaism Turned the Next Generation Against Its Birthright
Tikkun olam promises much and demands comparatively little in the way of sacrifice. This is its greatest strength and, perhaps, its major weakness.
Opinion // A Match Made for Divorce
Turkey and Israel this summer formally ended a six-year-long deep freeze in relations, and Turkish-Israeli ties are again flourishing. But there is reason to worry that it won’t be like the good old days…
Opinion // The Western Wall: A Grand Distraction
This fall, the issue of who can worship in what way at the Western Wall returned to the Israeli Supreme Court. In January, the Cabinet had approved a compromise: The area for prayer at the sacred site would be expanded southward…
Opinion // A Prescription for Group Therapy
I’m a groupie. Not the kind who stalks rock stars but the kind who, when intensely interested in an issue, feels compelled either to join a group or to start one. It strikes me, in the wake of this bruising political year, as a felicitous habit…
Opinion // Hillary the Hawk
Clinton’s foreign policy may surprise her opponents—and her supporters.
Opinion // Israel Is Sitting This One Out
Even Bibi Netanyahu has gone quiet on this year’s U.S. presidential election.
Opinion // I’m Just Saying No To Hillary Clinton
Why Donald Trump is the best option for Israel—and America.
Opinion// Left or Right? Neither Side Feels Safe
What are Jews to do in an election season that features Trump, BDS and BLM?
Opinion // Obama’s Distorted Views on Israel
by Peter Berkowitz
The president's quest for even-handedness is misguided and dangerous.
Speaking at Harvard University in October, Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that “a massive...