It’s Rosh Hashanah, Did You Remember to Call Your Jewish Voters?
Following the tradition of speaking to Jewish communal leaders on the eve of the High Holidays, President Joe Biden made his first such call last Thursday.
Why we still write Holocaust fiction
The winners of the 2020 Moment Magazine- Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest will read from their stories July 29 at a special virtual event that...
Moment Zoominar Transcript: Laughing at Myself with Father and Son Duo former Congressman Dan Glickman and Hollywood producer Jonathan Glickman
Dan Glickman, former U.S. representative and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, spoke at Moment’s zoominar this week promoting his new book, Laughing at Myself: My Education...
COVID 19 hits Jewish community in India; Middle East crisis explainer
Moment's May 20 newsletter includes Noah Phillips' even-keeled explainer about the crisis in the Middle East, and a poignant story about how COVID-19 has affected...
Big Question Project are the kind of conversation the community needs
On May 19 in e-JewishPhilanthropy, Jewish Funders Network president and CEO Andrés Spokoiny cited the urgent need for philanthropic support for “the thinkers, philosophers and...
Moment joins Craig Newmark Philanthropies community
Washington, DC – May 14, 2021 -- Moment Magazine has received a grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies in recognition of Moment’s commitment to independent journalism.
“Moment provides American Jews...
Can Robots Be Jewish? And Other Discussion Questions for Shavuot
Can robots Be Jewish? Should we edit our children’s genes? Are Jews still expecting a messiah? Is Judaism good for women?
Twitter Explained | Did We Just Get Justice for George Floyd?
Tens of thousands of Twitter users tuned in last week to hear the jury’s verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd....
J Street’s Sigh of Relief
Ever since Joe Biden took office and Democrats became the majority party in both chambers of Congress, all of the dovish lobby’s dreams seem to have come true: One by one, the administration has been rolling back Trump-era policies adopted to marginalize the Palestinians; American foreign aid money is once again flowing to Palestinian causes; Israel is being called out when it crosses the line on settlement activity, and the term “two-state solution” is back in America’s diplomatic lexicon. Not to mention the launch of a diplomatic effort aimed at reviving the Iranian nuclear deal, which Trump had dropped out of, triggering an Iranian resumption of nuclear activity.
Twitter Explained | A Day in the Life of ‘Half of Republicans’
On the morning of April 5, Reuters/Ipsos released a poll that found that half of Republicans believe that the January 6, 2021 attack and invasion...
How the Biden Administration Is Shaking Up Their Israel Stance
Elections have consequences, as the saying goes, and among these consequences is the reshuffling of power within the Washington inner circle. This is true not only for politicians who either move up the influence ladder or descend toward irrelevance but also for those in the policy advocacy game.