13
Jul
Opinion | You Were Finally a Mensch, Mr. Snyder
In the 1960s, Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan penned inspiring poetic lines, “There's a battle outside and it is ragin'/ It'll soon shake your windows...
12
Jul
Archiving COVID-19 As it Happens
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Sarah Breger
Crowdsourcing has become a vital tool for many of the Jewish institutions attempting to record and preserve the community’s response to the pandemic.
10
Jul
Twitter Explained | The Harper’s Letter Tries to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’
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Lilly Gelman
Even those who aren’t avid Twitter users have heard of cancel culture, often defined by those who decry it as the practice of retracting support...
10
Jul
The Tradition of Respecting the Dead
Through plagues, pandemics and wars, Jewish communities have found ways to adapt their traditional practices to the events of the time. Today, with the spread of COVID-19, many Jewish traditions have had to change.
10
Jul
Death in the Jewish Tradition
Throughout the ages, the Jewish people have developed customs, rituals and observances to guide us and provide comfort when a loved one dies. Moment Senior Editor Francie Weinman Schwartz, coauthor of The Jewish Moral Virtues with Eugene B. Borowitz, has prepared this compendium to help you make decisions in advance and know what to do when the time comes. Due to safety concerns brought about by the current public health crisis, we’ve also included new traditions to consider.
10
Jul
MOMENT PRESENTS! SONGS OF THE DECADES
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pat lewis
Broadway Musicologist, Performer, and Music Director Michael Lavine gives you an in-depth look at songwriters who wrote for radio, film, and Broadway during the 1920s,...
09
Jul
Tracing Morocco’s Jewish Past
While most of Morocco’s quarter of a million Jews emigrated to Israel, Europe and the U.S., 2,500 remain today. Traces of their deep-rooted culture stretch from the Mediterranean to the Sahara, a less-traveled region steeped in Jewish history.
09
Jul
The Year Everything Changed—Continued
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Moment
When we interviewed a group of thinkers on the years that altered human history, we were floored by their thoughtful responses. While we had to condense their answers for the print issue, we have curated additional selections from their interviews, which we are so pleased to publish here.
09
Jul
Beshert | Shareyna and Kim
Long before fused celebrity names like “Brangelina” (now back to Brad and Angelina) became trendy, my college roommate and I were known as “Shareyna.” Thirty-six...
08
Jul
Left-Wing Anti-Semites Blame Israel and the Jews for George Floyd’s Death
Anti-Semitism Monitor June Findings
Throughout the first half of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic provided fodder for anti-Semites worldwide. In June the brutal killing of George Floyd...
07
Jul
How Women in Israel Are Losing Ground Due to COVID-19 with Eetta Prince-Gibson
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Eetta Prince-Gibson, Moment Israel Editor and former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Report, and Moment Deputy Editor Sarah Breger discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has played out unfairly toward women in Israel.
03
Jul
Twitter Explained | Should the Hype for Hamilton Be Real?
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There’s no doubt that Hamilton will become part of larger conversations rethinking depictions of the founding fathers, right alongside the statues and history books that society is beginning to pick apart in an attempt to rectify America’s long history of racial injustices. But today, on what Twitter has ordained Hamilton Day, people seem to be taking a moment to just enjoy the show for it’s groundbreaking, once in a lifetime artfulness, appreciating how lucky we are to be alive right now.