The Rise of the Religiously “Unaffiliated”
One in five adults in the United States—and one in three adults under the age of 30—do not identify with any religious tradition, a new...
Reclaiming a Symbol of Destruction, Lawful or Not
by Natalie Buchbinder
It's tough to make a horrific event that happened over 70 years ago relevant to young people.
It's the struggle that Holocaust museums and...
Mayim Bialik Goes Vegan
Mayim Bialik is speaking out about the benefits of a meat-free diet in a new ad for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)....
The St. Louis, Then and Now
By Sarah Breger
The contentious debate over Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his actions during the Holocaust is ongoing. There are those who argue that FDR was...
David Brooks and Robert Siegel Talk “National Shtetl Radio”
National Shtetl Radio? That's the lineage that David Brooks imagined for himself and Robert Siegel--newly discovered by Moment to have genetic ties that might make...
Recordings of German Soldiers’ Conversations Rediscovered
New research has unearthed conversations among German POWs during World War II--recorded by British intelligence--that reveals the extent to which some German soldiers knew about...
Religious Restrictions Increase Globally
by Natalie Buchbinder
When you think of religious restriction, what country comes to mind? Visions of the Middle East, North Africa, portions of the East? What...
Reborn in Hebrew
by Ori Nir
I have never thought of my father as a revolutionary. But since his death last month, several of his colleagues depicted him as...
Record Store Blues
Telegraph Avenue
Michael Chabon
Harper
2012, $27.99, pp. 465
The most perilous pitfall for a tour de force is that the tour can come off as forced.
Alas, Telegraph Avenue,...
The Jewish Presidential Candidate You Don’t Know
You won’t see her in the debates, but the Green Party’s Jill Stein has a lot to say
The New Normal
Swift acceptance of gays by the Israeli Defense Forces in 1993 helped transform Israel into one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world. Moment looks at the history—and the future—of the gay rights movement in Israel, from the rainbow flag-strewn streets of Tel Aviv to the more traditional enclave of Jerusalem.
Jesus’ wife?
The Da Vinci Code—which popularized the notion that Jesus was married—is back in the news with the discovery of a fourth century papyrus text written...