Book Review // A Replacement Life
For Slava Gelman, Fishman’s main character, finding a balance between his Russian and American selves proves difficult.
Celebrating 40 Years of Moment
JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 2015 // Leonard Fein, who passed away in 2014, and Elie Wiesel—both writers deeply concerned about Judaism and Jews—founded Moment to be an independent voice in the Jewish American community.
Stolen Legacy
HER FAMILY OWNED THE BUILDING. THE NAZIS TOOK IT AWAY. NOW SHE WANTED JUSTICE.
Book Review // The Life of Saul Bellow
As he lay dying, Saul Bellow, “the most decorated writer in American history,” slipped back into consciousness, looked up, and asked, “Was I a man or was I a jerk?” Somewhere within that sentence lies Bellow’s greatness as a novelist—his fabulous sense of wonder and entitlement about himself, coupled with a magical gift for language and a rattling insecurity. This is what Zachary Leader writes about in his doggedly detailed and adoring biography of Bellow.
Book Review // Suspended Sentences
On October 9th, 2014, when the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to the French writer Patrick Modiano, it seemed to his loving readers as if their long quest on his behalf had finally been fulfilled. Not that this shy and modest man ever considered fame or awards, but that he never even considered that writing novels was a career.
Opinion // The Kids Are All Right—Really
Why we should keep talking with Jewish campus activists who criticize Israel. By Sarah Posner
Opinion // Are You For Us or Against Us?
There is only one right way to support Israel and be Jewish today. By Naomi Ragen
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “The Notorious RBG”
Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman to join the Supreme Court, after Sandra Day O’Connor, and the first Jewish woman.
Opinion // The Israeli Rabbinate: The Origin Story
by Elli Fischer
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the British military and Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, all played a role in creating the powerful chief...
Opinion // Sorry, Bibi, You’re Not Winston
The Israeli prime minister sees himself as a new Churchill, but the real lessons of statesmanship elude him.
Jewish Word // Judeans
These days, all eyes are on what many are calling the new anti-Semitism, arising from both far-right and far-left politics, radical Islam and virulent anti-Zionist ideologies. But the old anti-Semitism isn’t forgotten—a 2013 Anti-Defamation League poll showed that 26 percent of Americans believe that “Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus.”
Ask the Rabbis // Special Passover Edition
Is it permitted to invite a non-Jew to your Seder? And is it a good idea?