The Story of Der Moment
Moment has its origins in Eastern Europe. Leonard Fein and Elie Wiesel named Moment for the influential independent Yiddish-language Der Moment, founded in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland.
Netflix’s ‘Trotsky’: Ruthless Revolutionary Jew, Dogged by Anti-Semitism
The Year Everything Changed Timeline
Thirty thinkers tell us which years altered the course of Jewish history
The Year Everything Changed
Thirty thinkers tell us which years altered the course of Jewish history
Spice Box | Retrospective Edition
Spice Box has been one of Moment’s most beloved departments since it first appeared in the October 1980 issue.
Moment Anniversary | A Mirror of Jewish American History
In his editor’s note in the May 1975 inaugural issue of Moment, Fein set out the magazine’s mandate “that Moment will help raise the sense of Jewish possibility, hence also raise Jewish aspirations.”
What Happened to the Pro-Israel Dems?
Israel, regardless of whether Engel gets to spend another term in Congress or not, is running out of hawkish Dems to build the bridge it needs to a bipartisan recognition of Israel’s importance as an ally to America. The party is shifting leftwards, while Israel is going right.
Book Review | Nuance in the Fight between Good and Evil
Beshert | Pot, Meet Cover
Talk of the Table | Timeless Jewish Foods
During the coronavirus quarantine, I spent several months cooking for, and helping, my daughter Merissa in New Orleans, where she was recovering from surgery.
Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?
Humans have been trying to make sense of time since, well, the beginning of time—at least human time.