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American Philosopher Susan Neiman, director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany and Moment contributor Robert Siegel, former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, discuss Neiman’s latest book Left is Not Woke and clarify the dangerous confusion surrounding the word and the movement. ...
Historian and Moment columnist Fania Oz-Salzberger, coauthor of the book Jews and Words with her father Amos Oz, talks about how she and other Israelis are coping with the dramatic upheavals of the past two weeks, her personal experience, her hopes and fears for Israel, and how she processes what ...
Join historian Craig Nelson, author of the new book "V is for Victory: Franklin Roosevelt’s American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II," for a conversation about how FDR’s leadership transformed the United States and helped defeat the Nazis. ...
Join our distinguished panelists to learn why we should be paying attention to the rise of Christian nationalism and what can be done about it. ...
Join Gold and Joe Alterman, executive director of Neranenah, for an in-depth conversation about the challenges facing today’s comedians—from censorship and the growing threat of cancel culture to the rise in antisemitism and its impact on telling jokes about one’s Jewish identity. ...
Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova sits down for an in-depth interview with Moment Special Literary Contributor Robert Siegel, former host of NPR’s All Things Considered. Ambassador Markarova is the 2022 recipient of the “Moment Women and Power Award.” ...
New York Times Journalist Emily Bazelon sits down for an in-depth interview with Moment Book & Opinion Editor Amy E. Schwartz. Bazelon is the 2022 recipient of the “Moment Robert S. Greenberger Journalism Award.” ...
What do the midterm election results mean and what should we expect over the next two years? A post-election conversation about the state of our democracy with Washington Post opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin and Robert Siegel, former NPR host of All Things Considered. ...
Should Jews be considered “Good Jews” or “Bad Jews” based on their level of observance of Jewish holidays or their feelings about Israel or their political stance? Emily Tamkin, author of the new book Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities, discusses how these terms have been ...
Qian Julie Wang came to America with her parents when she was seven years old, living in the shadows and always looking over her shoulder throughout her childhood. Learning English and surviving the harsh realities of being undocumented, Qian Julie eventually made her way to Swarthmore College and Yale Law ...
Today’s Senate looks very different from the Senate of the 1960s and 1970s, a time when those serving in Congress put “country over party.” Ira Shapiro, a former longtime Senate staffer and author of the new book The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America, discusses the ...