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08 Oct Featured, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Opinion | How We in Israel Tried to Commemorate October 7
08 Oct international, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Opinion | UN Secretary General António Guterres Unworthy of Nobel Peace Prize
27 Sep Cover Story, Debate, Fall 2024, Opinion Moment Debate | Can Jews Ever Flourish Under Authoritarians?
10 Jul Debate, Opinion, Summer 2024 Moment Debate | Who Do You Think Would Make a Better President—Biden or Trump?
17 Jun Featured, From the Newsletter, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Analysis | We Need To Talk About Willful Ignorance
24 May Antisemitism Project, Highlights, Latest, Opinion Opinion | Why I’m Boycotting My 50th Harvard Reunion
13 May Highlights, Latest, Opinion Analysis | Chutzpah Gone Viral: Why Israel Produces So Many Cyber Leaders
02 May Antisemitism Project, Deep Dives, Featured, Latest, Opinion Opinion | Silencing Criticism in the Name of Antisemitism Awareness
11 Apr Interview, Opinion, Spring 2024 Opinion Interview with Daniel Klaidman | Are Threats Eroding Our Politics?
27 Feb Cover Story, Highlights, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Analysis: For South Africans, the ICJ Case is a “Reawakening”
19 Feb Highlights, International, Latest, Opinion Analysis | The Killing of Navalny and Putin’s Theater of Terror
15 Jan Debate, Featured, Opinion, Winter 2024 Moment Debate | Should Students Be Disciplined for Chanting “From the River to the Sea”?
03 Jan Highlights, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Opinion | Religious Absolutism: Isaac and Ishmael
27 Nov Highlights, Israel, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Opinion | Breaking the Silence on Hamas’s War Crimes Against Women
20 Nov 2023 November/December, Debate, Opinion Moment Debate | Do Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives Harm Jews?
17 Nov 2023 November/December, Highlights, Interview, Opinion Opinion Interview with Dina Porat | Do Israelis Want Revenge?
24 Oct Highlights, Israel, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Opinion | We Israelis Need Moral Clarity—Not Revenge
16 Oct Highlights, Interview, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Interview | How Israel’s Allies Are Addressing the War On Campus
10 Oct Highlights, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion Opinion | After Destroying Hamas, Israel Should Offer Control of Gaza to PA
07 Sep Debate, Fall 2023, Opinion Moment Debate | Would Israel Be Better Off Without U.S. Military Aid?
13 Jul Debate, Opinion, Summer Issue 2023 Moment Debate | Is Changing Our Personal Behavior Key To Saving The Planet?
18 Apr Debate, Featured, Opinion, Spring Issue 2023 Moment Debate | Has the Word Zionism Outlived its Usefulness?
03 Apr Interview, Jewish World, Opinion, Spring Issue 2023 Opinion Interview with Dahlia Lithwick | Do You Really Want That Abortion?
22 Feb Antisemitism Project, Highlights, Latest, Opinion Opinion | Is Our Fear of Antisemitism Poisoning Our Discussion of Israel?
11 Jan Debate, Opinion, Winter Issue 2023 Moment Debate | Will Changing the Law of Return Harm Israel-Diaspora Relations?
07 Nov 2022 November/December, Debate, Featured, Opinion Moment Debate | In Embracing Hungary’s Orbán, Are American Conservatives Romancing an Antisemite?
07 Nov 2022 November/December, Interview, Opinion Opinion Interview | Who Gets a Religious Exemption?
21 Sep 2022 September/October, Debate, Featured, Opinion Moment Debate | Are There Dangers in the Increase of Israel-Related Money in American Electoral Politics?
13 Apr Debate, Opinion, Spring Issue 2022 Moment Debate | Should the Supreme Court Outlaw Affirmative Action?
26 Jan Debate, Opinion, Winter Issue 2022 Moment Debate | Would a Ban on Abortion Curtail Jews’ Religious Freedom?
20 Jan Interview, Israel, Opinion, Winter Issue 2022 Opinion Interview | Are Pro-Trump Jews Moving On?
08 Sep 2021 September/October, Debate, Opinion Moment Debate | Is Critical Race Theory a Threat to Education?
03 Jun Debate, Opinion, Summer Issue 2021 Moment Debate | Is There a Moral Argument For Raising Taxes on the Rich?
03 Jun Opinion, Summer Issue 2021 Moment Debate Round Two | Should the First Amendment Apply to Social Media?
09 Mar Opinion, Spring issue 2021 Moment Debate Round Two | Does Electronic Surveillance Threaten Democracy?
08 Mar Debate, Opinion, Spring issue 2021 Moment Debate | Should the First Amendment Apply to Social Media?
12 Jan 2021 January/February, Debate, Opinion Moment Debate | Does Electronic Surveillance Threaten Democracy?
03 Nov Israel, Latest, Opinion Twenty Five Years After Yitzchak Rabin’s Assassination, Israel Remains Divided
22 Sep 2020 September/October, Debate, Opinion Moment Debate Round Two | Is Small Government Still Possible?
10 Jun Debate, Opinion, Summer Issue 2020 Moment Debate Round Two | Should There be Medicare for All?
21 May Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest, Opinion, Summer Issue 2020 Opinion | ‘Mrs. America’ Gets It Wrong
23 May Opinion, Summer 2019 Double Issue, U.S. Politics Opinion | Will 2020 Be the Year of ‘Jexodus’?
12 Mar 2018 March/April, Israel, Jews & Civil Rights, Opinion Opinion | Should Israel Deport African Asylum Seekers? | Yes, It Should
12 Mar 2018 March/April, Jews & Civil Rights, Opinion Opinion Debate | Should Israel Deport African Asylum Seekers? | No, It Shouldn’t
10 Jul 2017 July-August, Culture, History, Opinion Opinion | Are Jews Historical Artifacts in Europe?
31 Jan Latest, Opinion Opinion // How Liberal Streams of Judaism Turned the Next Generation Against Its Birthright
18 Oct In the News, Israel, Latest, Opinion, Uncategorized Opinion: Gilad Shalit’s Negotiator, Gershon Baskin
31 Dec 2013 January-February, Culture, Israel, Opinion Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Why Can’t We Show Empathy for the Palestinians?
01 Nov 2012 November-December, Opinion, Religion, U.S. Politics Sarah Posner: If Corporations are people, what’s their religion?
01 Nov 2012 November-December, Israel, Opinion, Religion Eetta Prince-Gibson: The Trouble with Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox
16 Oct 2012 September-October, Opinion, U.S. Politics, Women Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Does Birth Control Trump Israel?
16 Oct 2012 September-October, In the News, International, Opinion Amy E. Schwartz: Turkey: Where Doth Erdogan Lead?
16 Oct 2012 September-October, Opinion, Religion, U.S. Politics Marshall Breger: Surprise, Politics and Religion Don’t Mix
16 Oct 2012 September-October, History, Opinion, Religion, U.S. Politics David K. Shipler: America Before Religious Freedom
2012 May/June, Issues, Opinion, Topics, U.S. Politics Marshall Breger: U.S. Citizenship: Priceless or Merely Convenient?
2012 May/June, International, Israel, Issues, Opinion, Topics David Hazony: Israel Catches a “Flytilla” with (Serious) Satire
2012 May/June, Issues, Opinion, Topics, U.S. Politics, Women Letty Cottin Pogrebin: The War Against Women, Take Two
2012 March-April, Israel, Issues, Opinion, Topics, U.S. Politics Nathan Guttman: Is the American Right too Right for Israel?
2012 March-April, Israel, Issues, Opinion, Religion, Topics Naomi Ragen: The Ultra-Orthodox’ PR Problem
2012 March-April, Culture, Issues, Opinion, Topics Clifford D. May: Are We Too Fair-minded to Take Our Own Side?
2012 January-February, Issues, Opinion, Religion, U.S. Politics Jeffrey Rosen: High Stakes for Church and State Separation
