Murder is the Message
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
It started before the bodies were even cold, long before they could be returned to the earth. There was barely time for seven-year-old...
Jews Do the Darndest Things (On Passover)
Congratulations to the winners of our Passover giveaway, each of whom will win a copy of New American Haggadah, edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and...
March Comes In with AIPAC and Goes Out with J Street
March is bookended by two Israel-related conferences in Washington this year: the annual AIPAC Policy Conference, attended by about 13,000 people, was held the first...
Marc Maron: Recovering Messiah
In 2009, Marc Maron was a down-on-his-luck comedian, a man who'd survived alcohol and drug addiction, two divorces and resentment over his friends' successes in...
Are American Jews Too Fair-Minded to Take Their Own Side?
That's the question posed by Clifford D. May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in the March/April issue of Moment. Citing recent examples...
Twenty (Jewish) Questions
by Kelley Kidd
Monday night, I sat in traffic in a taxi outside the Washington Convention Center as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) gala...
99 Problems But a Bar Mitzvah Ain't One
Jews have a semi-long and semi-illustrious history in rap music (Beastie Boys: yes; Mac Miller: no; Drake: the jury's still out). Even Jay-Z's given Jews...
The Messiah (Issue) is Coming!
The wait for our Messiah issue is almost over! The March/April Moment is coming off the presses now, but here's a sneak peek at the cover...
Join Moment for a Discussion of Jewish and Journalistic Oppression in Iran
Our November/December 2011 issue featured a photo-essay filled with the never-before-published photographs of Hasan Sarbakhshian, an Associated Press photographer whose work documenting Iran's Jewish community...
From Challah to Cornbread: Jewish Identity in the South
by Kelley Kidd
Sometimes, when I pray in Hebrew, it feels like cheating. I do not speak Hebrew, beyond my ability to clumsily stumble over a...
Are Jewish Donkeys Suffering from Elephantitis?
by Alexis McNamee
Rampant speculations during this election season that the Democratic party is losing its Jewish loyalty are overblown. Yes, the results of 12 surveys...
Dylan Goes Old Testament
Seventy-six artists--the likes of Carly Simon, Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket and (shudder) Dave Matthews Band--have taken on the task of covering the music of...