05
Jan
What’s the Deal With Iran?
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By
Ellen Wexler
President Joe Biden is not the first candidate who campaigned on a promise to reverse course on Iran.
05
Jan
Israel’s 2021 Oscar Submission: Asia
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By
Dina Gold
Israeli director Ruthy Pribar describes her newly released debut feature film Asia as “not easy to watch,” but she hopes it conveys the message that “even when in the darkest part of your life, you can see beauty.”
05
Jan
Book Review | The Failure of Impartiality
Barack Obama’s transformation from youthful and eloquent U.S. Senate candidate to prime-time sensation and putative presidential timber came at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
05
Jan
The Yiddish Yiches of a New Top Diplomat
Should a jealous Jewish store owner keep tabs on his beautiful young wife, seemingly smitten with “a college man”?
05
Jan
Opinion | Will Israelis Embrace Biden?
Five days after the U.S. elections, my husband and I enjoyed a rare Pilates class between lockdowns.
05
Jan
From the Editor | The Great American Reset
Every four or eight years, the United States has the opportunity for a political reset.
05
Jan
Ms. Manning goes to Washington
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By
For newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the work begins right away.
05
Jan
Opinion | The Trouble with ‘Q’
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By
Sarah Posner
In her victory speech in August, after winning the Republican primary runoff for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, Marjorie Taylor Greene was obstreperous and foul-mouthed.
05
Jan
What’s So Funny About Jewish Humor with William Novak
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By
Moment
Jewish jokes are a precious commodity and a special part of our heritage. Some of the best ones are worth looking at as succinct and entertaining expressions of our values. William Novak, co-editor of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, in print since 1981, explores some of the values behind the jokes and how they can be treated as secular Jewish texts. From well-known classics to relatively obscure examples, there is some history, commentary and plenty of laughs.
04
Jan
Opinion | Picking Their Poison
In every Israeli election since 2015—we’ve had four now, and in 2021 are headed toward a fifth—the average Israeli voter has one main thing in mind when he or she decides whom to vote for: Do I want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep his job?
04
Jan
Opinion | A Dangerous Precedent
The Supreme Court has entangled synagogues in culture wars with its absolutist rulings on religious liberty cases during the pandemic.
31
Dec
The Top 20 Most-Read Stories of 2020
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By
Lilly Gelman
As we count down the hours left of this challenging year, take a look back at the stories that shaped the American Jewish conversation in 2020. With a mix of serious and light coverage of 2020 politics, pandemics and more, here are Moment’s top articles of 2020