29
Dec
The Top 21 Most-Read Stories of 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, we take a look back on our popular stories of the year.
24
Dec
As 2021 Ends, Tensions in the West Bank Flare Again
The murder of a Jewish Israeli settler is a flashpoint amid increasing rates of settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank
23
Dec
From the Newsletter | The Politics of Paranoia, Then and Now
It’s always tempting to think that things have never been this crazy.
22
Dec
The Ten Commandments of Film
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Matti Lang
When asked at a press conference about his faith, French director Francoise Truffaut’s answer was simple: “Films are my religion.” Here are ten films, each with a thematic connection to one of the Ten Commandments.
21
Dec
Health care for all in Mali: A Jewish Call to Action with Drs. Ari Johnson and Jessica Beckerman
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Moment
To address the child and maternal mortality crisis in Mali, Dr. Ari Johnson and Dr. Jessica Beckerman co-found Muso, a non-profit advancing child and maternal health which has developed a new, proactive model of universal health care in Mali. Today, Muso provides health care to more than 370,000 people and the communities it serves have achieved rates of child mortality lower than that of any country in Sub-Saharan Africa. Johnson and Beckerman join Moment Senior Editor George Johnson, who also happens to be Ari’s dad, for a conversation about the health care crisis in Africa and how the couples’ Jewish commitments have motivated and energized their inspirational work.
20
Dec
AIPAC Is Now a Political Fundraiser
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), America’s largest and most powerful pro-Israel lobby, announced this week its decision to create two PACs that will raise money for congressional candidates.
17
Dec
Recognizing Sex Workers Who Hid Jews From the Nazis
Hedwig Porschütz helped protect Jewish fugitives from the Nazis, but her contributions were not honored during her lifetime.
17
Dec
Beshert | The Zoominar Did It
When I started hosting weekly zoominars for Moment at the start of the pandemic, I never could have imagined that it would bring my husband, Joe, closer to his birth mother.
16
Dec
From the Newsletter | New Fiction From Moment: ‘Polonaise’
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Sarah Breger
Moment’s most recent short fiction story, “Polonaise,” revolves around a young Hungarian emigre and an American pianist who are brought together by the music of Chopin.
16
Dec
How Is Cybersecurity Changing—and What Is Israel’s Role?
In the United States, Israel and around the world, cyberattacks are on the rise. To get a better understanding of this growing threat, we spoke to OIeg Brodt, the chief innovation officer at Cyber@BGU, an umbrella organization of Ben-Gurion University.
14
Dec
Uyghurs in China: An Inconvenient Genocide with journalists Tom Gjelten and Robert Siegel
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The Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority concentrated in the Xinjiang region along China’s western border, have faced discrimination, detention, and genocide at the hands of the Chinese Communist authorities. And yet most countries-including the U.S.-have largely remained silent. Tom Gjelten, a former NPR international and domestic affairs correspondent and Robert Siegel, Moment special literary contributor and former senior host of NPR’s All Things Considered, explore why, and how the situation recalls inaction in the face of Nazi persecution of Jews during the Holocaust, how discrimination against the Uyghurs became Chinese policy, and what can be done. Gjelten recently wrote about the Uyghurs as part of Moment‘s Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative, which examines prejudice and discrimination worldwide.
13
Dec
A Coming-of-Age Adventure at Sea
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Dina Gold
When three teenage Maccabi Haifa soccer fans hear that their team’s upcoming Champions League Playoffs game against Liverpool FC will be moved from Israel to Cyprus, they are distraught. Unable to afford the $550 to buy an airplane ticket, they are nonetheless determined to see the match. So, they need to come up with a plan—fast.