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Beshert | My Three Husbands
“An excruciatingly prolonged relationship with Mr. Not-Even-Jewish consumed the balance of my 20s. He was black and his cultural identity was a hugely significant part of his life. That motivated me to look more deeply into my own cultural identity.”
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Nov
Jewish Film Festivals in the Time of Corona
With all of the challenges that have come during this pandemic, there is a field in the Jewish world that continues to thrive.
16
Nov
Post-Trump-Era Edition: How Jews Became More Divided, and Why It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Two weeks have passed since election day, and there’s nothing anyone wants more than to put this whole thing behind us. But before we do so, we need to settle the least important question of these elections, yet the one most likely to come up during your (virtual) Thanksgiving, Passover or whatever family dinner table: How did the Jews vote?
16
Nov
Debate | Should We Rethink the Police?
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Moment
Yes, but the more difficult question is, what kind of changes do we want? The police and science have made great strides in preventing crime.
16
Nov
Book Review | A Writer Winks at Her City
Every movie I watch now is a movie about an entire cast of people who seem to not have cancer, or at least this is, to me, its plot,” Anne Boyer observes in The Undying, her recent Pulitzer Prize-winning inquiry into cancer.
16
Nov
Book Review | A Spymaster Breaks His Silence
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Dan Raviv
When you start reading a memoir by a former spy, you always hope for descriptions of bloody assassinations, break-ins into banks and embassies, and heart-pounding high-speed chases.
16
Nov
Moment Debate Round Two | Should Jews Still Be Democrats?
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I respect Norm Coleman, but in his comments he repeats the demonstrably false talking point that the Democratic Party has moved to socialism.
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Nov
Visual Moment | Milton Glaser: Master of Design
The world lost a towering figure in the field of design this year. Graphic artist, illustrator, teacher, icon maker, art director and creative thinker Milton Glaser passed away after a long illness on June 26, his 91st birthday.
16
Nov
Talk of the Table | The Great Topping Debate
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Dan Freedman
Hanukkah’s great culinary divide runs right across my brother Paul Freedman’s dining room table in suburban Pelham, New York.
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Nov
Max Brooks Invites You to Moment’s 45th Anniversary Gala – Sunday, November 22
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On November 22 at 7 p.m. EST, Moment will celebrate its 45 years of independent journalism. Purchase your ticket today!
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Nov
Beshert | A Tale of Two Converts
“When he sings Eyshet Chayil before kiddush, he reaches across the table for my hand. Not one convert, but two, we’re partners on the journey in the fullest sense of the word; soulmates, beshert.”