From Yiddish to Hebrew to English, Moment’s Jewish Word sheds light on the origins, evolution and impact of words and phrases that have entered today’s discourse and popular culture.LATEST JEWISH WORD 20 Aug Culture, Fall 2026, Featured, Jewish Word, Latest Jewish Word | ‘Shadchan’: Matchmaker, Matchmaker… 18 Jun Antisemitism Project, Culture, Jewish Word, Summer 2026 Jewish Word | ‘Goyslop’: Down the Hatch! 04 May Highlights, Jewish Word, Spring 2026 Jewish Word | Has Israel Said Shalom to ‘Shalom’? ALL JEWISH WORD 29 Jan Jewish Word, Winter 2026 Jewish Word | Askan: ‘The Guy Who Knows a Guy’ 26 Nov 2025 November/December, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Meet the Machatunim 10 Sep Fall 2025, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Judea and Samaria: A Palimpsest of Sorts 26 Jun Highlights, Jewish Word, Summer 2025 Jewish Word | Diaspora: Blessing or Curse? 16 Apr Featured, Jewish Word, Spring 2025 Jewish Word | Chaver: Friend or Lover? 28 Jan Highlights, Jewish Word, Winter 2025 Jewish Word | The Mizrahi Mosaic 25 Jan 2011 January-February, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The Jewfro Grows Up and Out 14 Nov 2024 November/December, Highlights, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Is ‘Good for the Jews’…Good for the Jews? 22 Oct Jewish Word, Latest Jewish Word | Mazel Tov! A Toast to Astrology? 18 Sep Fall 2024, Featured, Jewish Word Jewish Word | ‘Momala’ of the Year 04 Jul Featured, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer 2024 Jewish Word | Verklempt: The Yiddish Word that Wasn’t 11 Apr Featured, Jewish Word, Spring 2024 Jewish Word | Doikayt: The Jewish Left Is Here 11 Jan Highlights, Jewish Word, Winter 2024 Jewish Word | Amalek, Then and Now 16 Nov 2023 November/December, Featured, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The Twisted Path of the Word ‘Genocide’ 11 Sep Fall 2023, Highlights, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Not That Kind of Rabbi 24 Jul Highlights, Jewish Word, Summer Issue 2023 Jewish Word | Beware the Fires of Moloch 21 Apr Big Questions, History, Israel, Jewish Routes, Jewish Word, Spring Issue 2023 The State of the Jewish State 17 Apr Jewish Word, Spring Issue 2023 Jewish Word | Israel: What’s in a Name? 17 Jan Jewish Word, Winter Issue 2023 The Meaning of ‘Semicha’ 15 Nov 2022 November/December, Jewish Word Jewish Word | ‘Almah’ Grows Up 20 Jul Big Questions, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer Issue 2022 Special Edition | The Making of a Jewish Word 04 Apr Jewish Word, Spring Issue 2022 Jewish Word | Why We Say ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’ 19 Jan Jewish Word, Winter Issue 2022 Jewish Word | Shmita: A Sabbath for the Land—and Ourselves 23 Nov 2021 November/December, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The Hairsplitting Complexity of ‘Talmudic’ 28 Oct 2012 November-December, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Dybbuk 21 Sep 2021 September/October, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | The Joyful Power of Hallelujah 08 Mar Jewish Word, Spring issue 2021 Jewish Word | What Is Cancel Culture—and What Does Judaism Say About It? 12 Jan 2021 January/February, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Pikuach Nefesh 05 Jan Archives from the past..., Jewish Word, Uncategorized Can I Get An Amen? 30 Nov 2020 November/December, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | The Mourner’s Kaddish 30 Sep 2020 September/October, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Jews of Color 16 Jun Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer Issue 2020 Jewish Word | When the Past Is Present and the Present Is Past 09 Mar Jewish Word, Jewish World, Spring Issue 2020 Jewish Word | Challah 13 Jan Jewish Word, Jewish World, Winter Issue 2020 Jewish Word | Emet 25 Nov 2019 November-December, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Bark Mitzvah 23 Sep 2019 September/October, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The Wandering Jew 03 Jun Jewish Word, Summer 2019 Double Issue, U.S. Politics Jewish Word | Is Everyone a White Supremacist? 20 Mar 2019 March-April, Israel, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Israeli Elections Slogans Get Personal 15 Nov 2018 November-December, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Shamash 02 Aug 2018 July-August, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Fake Jews 28 Mar 2018 March/April, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Maven 18 Jan 2018 January/February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | When a Knish Is More Than a Knish 27 Sep 2017 September/October, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word A Short History of Little Words 17 Jul 2017 July-August, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Golem 12 May 2017 May-June, Jewish Word, Jewish World The Semantics of Antisemitism 07 Apr 2017 March-April, Israel, Jewish Word, Jewish World Is Normalization Normal? 06 Mar 2017 March-April, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish Word Ask The Rabbis // How Do We Balance Civility With Disapproval For Others’ Politics? 05 Jan 2017 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Blood libel 04 Nov 2016 November-December, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Blitspost (Email), tekstl (text), zikhele (selfie) & more 21 Sep 2016 September-October, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Yiches 18 Jul 2016 July-August, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Bible 06 May 2016 May-June, Israel, Jewish Word Jewish Word | BDS 04 Mar 2016 March-April, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Baal Teshuvah 08 Dec 2015 November-December, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Gentile 18 Sep 2015 September-October, Arts, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Glitch 02 Apr 2015 March-April, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Judeans 01 Jan 2015 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word // “Zaftig” 2014 November/December, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // “NJB” 29 Sep 2014 September/October, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Kinehora 03 Jul 2014 July/August, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Haredi 06 Feb 2014 January-February, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Philistine 01 Nov 2013 November-December, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word / Sechel 30 Aug 2013 September-October, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Beshert 26 Jul 2013 July-August, Israel, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Yerida 20 May 2013 May-June, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Ghetto 26 Feb 2013 March-April, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Religion Jewish Word | Moser 31 Dec 2013 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Tsuris 31 Oct 2012 November-December, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Dybbuk 2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The God Gene 31 Mar 2012 May/June, Arts, Issues, Jewish Word, Topics Jewish Word | The Rabbinic Way of Fiction 2012 March-April, Issues, Jewish Word, Religion, Topics Jewish Word | A Word Fit for a King 2012 January-February, Israel, Issues, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Proud and Prickly with a Soft Heart 09 Nov 2009 March-April, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The Many Meanings of Passover 2009 July-August, Jewish Word A Lesson in Sexy and Sexist Hebrew Slang OTHER DEPARTMENTS BIG QUESTIONS READ MORE → TALK OF THE TABLE READ MORE → ASK THE RABBIS READ MORE → VISUAL MOMENT READ MORE →
20 Aug Culture, Fall 2026, Featured, Jewish Word, Latest Jewish Word | ‘Shadchan’: Matchmaker, Matchmaker…
18 Jun Antisemitism Project, Culture, Jewish Word, Summer 2026 Jewish Word | ‘Goyslop’: Down the Hatch!
14 Nov 2024 November/December, Highlights, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Is ‘Good for the Jews’…Good for the Jews?
04 Jul Featured, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer 2024 Jewish Word | Verklempt: The Yiddish Word that Wasn’t
16 Nov 2023 November/December, Featured, Jewish Word Jewish Word | The Twisted Path of the Word ‘Genocide’
21 Apr Big Questions, History, Israel, Jewish Routes, Jewish Word, Spring Issue 2023 The State of the Jewish State
20 Jul Big Questions, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer Issue 2022 Special Edition | The Making of a Jewish Word
21 Sep 2021 September/October, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | The Joyful Power of Hallelujah
08 Mar Jewish Word, Spring issue 2021 Jewish Word | What Is Cancel Culture—and What Does Judaism Say About It?
16 Jun Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer Issue 2020 Jewish Word | When the Past Is Present and the Present Is Past
03 Jun Jewish Word, Summer 2019 Double Issue, U.S. Politics Jewish Word | Is Everyone a White Supremacist?
15 Nov 2018 November-December, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Shamash
28 Mar 2018 March/April, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Maven
18 Jan 2018 January/February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | When a Knish Is More Than a Knish
27 Sep 2017 September/October, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word A Short History of Little Words
17 Jul 2017 July-August, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Golem
06 Mar 2017 March-April, Ask the Rabbis, Jewish Word Ask The Rabbis // How Do We Balance Civility With Disapproval For Others’ Politics?
05 Jan 2017 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word // Blood libel
04 Nov 2016 November-December, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Blitspost (Email), tekstl (text), zikhele (selfie) & more
02 Apr 2015 March-April, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Judeans
01 Jan 2015 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word // “Zaftig”
29 Sep 2014 September/October, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word // Kinehora
01 Nov 2013 November-December, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word / Sechel
30 Aug 2013 September-October, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Beshert
26 Jul 2013 July-August, Israel, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Yerida
20 May 2013 May-June, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World Jewish Word | Ghetto
31 Dec 2013 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word Jewish Word | Tsuris
