Fiction | Why Is There a Buddhist at this Seder?
On the evening of the first Passover seder, traffic on the Long Island Expressway heading east into the suburbs was massive, slow-moving and maddening, just as Martin Weissman expected.
Kyiv Diary 4/1/2022: ‘Ukrainian Fashion Designers Support the War Effort’
While prominent international designers were busy doing major shows in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, Ukrainian designers have been using their sewing skills to support the Ukrainian army.
Beshert | I Was Done Writing Books. I Thought.
Liza Wiemer had been planning to give up writing novels. Then she had a chance meeting in a bookstore with the girl who would inspire her to write again.
Kyiv Diary 3/30/2022: ‘A Pretense of Normal Life’
There is a surreal calm in Kyiv.
Susannah Heschel: The Rabbi’s Daughter
Following in the footsteps of her father, Abraham Joshua Heschel, the biblical scholar is at the forefront of the march toward social justice and reframing Judaism in the tradition of the prophets.
The Jews of Iran: Antisemitism and the Great Exodus with Roya Hakakian and Sarah Breger
While Jews have lived in Iran for centuries, today’s Jewish community numbers around 10,000, down from 100,000 Jews prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Roya Hakakian, author of Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran and A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious, shares what life was like prior to the revolution, the antisemitism that caused most Jews to flee and what life is like now for the Iranian Jewish community. Hakakian is in conversation with Moment editor Sarah Breger.
This program is part of a Moment series on antisemitism supported by the Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation.
In Israel, Jewish and Non-Jewish Ukrainian Refugees Face Separate Policies
The question of which refugees Israel should admit has quickly evolved into a debate over the meaning of Zionism and the Jewish character of the state.
Kyiv Diary 3/28/2022: ‘We Fled Our Homes Not Knowing if We Would Ever Return’
We fled our homes and our beloved cities not knowing if we would ever return. And this makes us refugees.
From the Editor | A Passover Call For Empathy
It is hard to believe we are about to celebrate our third COVID Passover.
Ask the Rabbis | How Is Judaism Different After Half a Century of Female Clergy?
Fifty years ago, Sally Priesand was ordained as a Reform rabbi, the first woman clergy member in American Jewish history. To mark this anniversary, we asked rabbis, male and female, to reflect.
A New Power Structure in the Middle East
While not spelled out directly, Secretary Anthony Blinken was essentially told that there is a new power structure in the Middle East.
Robert S. Greenberger
Robert S. Greenberger was born in Queens, New York. After graduation from Brandeis University he was thrust by his father’s untimely death into his family’s...