03
Sep
Beshert | Crushing on Leonard Nimoy
It was 1970 and “Star Trek” had just ended on TV. Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock, the hybrid human-alien, had a young fan in...
01
Sep
Fiction, History and Politics with Statesman Michael Oren and Michael Mandelbaum
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Moment
Former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, in conversation with professor of American foreign policy, Michael Mandelbaum about Israeli history, politics and Oren’s new book The Night Archer, a collection of short fiction stories.
01
Sep
Jewish Guilt: I Am Done Passing It from One Generation to the Next
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Dara Kurtz
Moment brings you essential independent reporting from the Jewish community and beyond. But we need your help. Your support is critical to the work we do;...
31
Aug
Michael Ginsburg (VA): ‘The Democratic Agenda is Unpopular’
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Michael Ginsberg (45), a Republican from Centerville, VA is an attorney and aerospace engineer. He is vice president and deputy general counsel for CACI International, an information...
31
Aug
Eliot Strickon (WI): ‘Joe, Please Keep Breathing!’
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Eliot Strickon (54), a Democrat from Milwaukee, WI, lives in an Orthodox Jewish and African American urban community and serves on his synagogue’s board. He is the...
31
Aug
Beth Bendheim (VA): ‘I Want Expert Constitutional Lawyers Engaged With Tightening Laws’
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Beth Bendheim (50), a Democrat from Richmond, VA, was the development director for a Jewish day school in Richmond prior to working in finance. She also...
31
Aug
As COVID Drags On, Rabbis Work to Adapt High Holiday Services
For the past six weeks, members of Beth Sholom Congregation & Talmud Torah in Potomac, Maryland, have attended services in the parking lot.
29
Aug
Have I Got a Cartoon for You! with former New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff
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Have I Got a Cartoon for You! This zoominar is part of the Martha’s Vineyard Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with Moment Magazine, the Chilmark Library and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
27
Aug
Hannah Rosenthal (WI): ‘[Biden] Has the Empathy and Know-How to Heed Scientific Information’
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Hannah Rosenthal (68), a Democrat from Madison, WI, originally thought she would follow her father, a 16th-generation rabbi, into the family business. Instead, she became a...
27
Aug
Alan Zimmerman (VA): ‘[Trump’s] Only Hope Is a Strategy of Massive Voter Suppression’
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Alan Zimmerman (61), an Independent from Charlottesville, VA, was president of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville during the Unite the Right march in August 2017....
27
Aug
Shelley Berkley (NV): ‘It’s Too Dangerous to Insist that All Citizens Vote in Person’
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Shelley Berkley (68), a Democrat from Las Vegas, NV, served in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms (1999-2013), representing Nevada’s 1st District, which...
27
Aug
Dan Levin (FL): ‘I Am Deeply Worried About the Future of American Democracy’
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Daniel Levin (50), a Democrat from Boca Raton, FL, is a past president of the southeast region of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and...