Jews & the Burden of Southern History
Jews were on both sides of the racist Wilmington Massacre of 1898, the only successful coup in United States history.
Interview | Beyond Bagels & Lox
Raised in the small Jewish community of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the 1970s, bestselling author Allegra Goodman grew up far from Jewish delis, JCCs and other...
From the Editor | A Season of Self-Reflection
Every year I look forward to reading submissions to the Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest.
Opinion | For Israel, Days of Judgment Are Looming
Some of Israel’s Supreme Court justices are terrified of the situation.
Opinion | Three (Not So) Little Words
If you’re in a room full of mainstream Jews who hew to the uncritical AIPAC line about Israel, you undoubtedly know that “apartheid,” “racist” and “fascist” are three words you can’t say about the Jewish state without risking denunciation, cancellation or total excommunication from the tribe.
Jewish Word | Not That Kind of Rabbi
In 1970 The New York Times ran an article about the secret language of New York City police officers.
Book Review | The Maker and Breaker of Ideas
In 1974, Martin Peretz and his wife Anne bought The New Republic with her money.
Book Review | The Baggage You Can’t Leave Behind
A tradition at my friend’s Passover seder is for guests to go around the table and say what they would carry with them when leaving Egypt.
Book Review | The Voice Behind the ‘SWISH!’
For more than four decades after he was suddenly and unceremoniously removed from participation in the 100-meter relay race at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Marty Glickman—then a young athlete, later a beloved voice of New York sports radio—vaguely and quietly chalked up the greatest disappointment of his life to “politics.”
Opinion | When Not All U.S. Passports Are Created Equal
If Israel wants to discriminate against Palestinian Americans, that is its prerogative. But the United States can’t allow special rules for some U.S. citizens and not others.
Moment Debate | Would Israel Be Better Off Without U.S. Military Aid?
Cutting off aid would benefit us by saving us from ourselves.
Opinion | How I Got Israel Wrong
“I was blinded by my own style and habit and thus late to see that this government is different, this coalition is different, this opposition is different, and this crisis is very different.”