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16 Dec

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The Top 19 Most-Read Stories of 2019

August 1, 2024
By Lilly Gelman
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While the decade was long, 2019 felt much longer. Climate strikes, impeachment hearings and multiple elections in the U.S., UK, and Israel have dominated the ever-accelerating fast-paced news cycle so that other stories seemed drowned out by all the noise. Take a minute to look back at the articles that shaped 2019 for us and our readers. With topics ranging from Disney princesses to George Soros, Bob Dylan to Yeshiva University, here are Moment’s top 19 most-read stories of 2019.

13 Dec

Chai Brow, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Latest

Tiffany Haddish Gives Jewish Humor a ‘Black Mitzvah’

December 19, 2019
By Andrew Lapin
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The sheer, jubilant force of Haddish’s personality allows her to plant her feet in two distinct cultures at once, without ever feeling out of place in either.

12 Dec

Beshert, Latest

Beshert | My Daughter, the Career Game Changer

December 16, 2019
By Michael Kornbluth
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My daughter’s embrace of my jokes once they entered our home, sweet home, made the cycle of birth feel complete. This dreamy crossbreed of Punky Brewster and Lady Gaga makes this crazy good dada feel more blessed than the rest.

12 Dec

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Disney’s First Jewish Princess Arrives in Time for Hanukkah

March 31, 2022
By Mark I. Pinsky
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Princess Rebecca, of the Ladino kingdom of Galonia, appeared in an episode of Elena of Avalor that aired on December 6. Elena is a Latinx princess who is the centerpiece of the Emmy-winning, Disney Junior Channel series which debuted in 2016. Until now there has been no Jewish princess—not that there wasn’t an abundance of attractive candidates.

09 Dec

Israel, Jewish World, Latest

The Israelization of Judaism: An Interview with Yossi Shain

December 9, 2019
By Laurence Wolff
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Yossi Shain is a Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University and a Professor of Comparative Government and Diaspora Politics at Georgetown University. His most recent book, The Israeli Century and the Israelization of Judaism, is currently a bestseller in Israel and will come out in English in 2020. Moment senior editor Laurence Wolff interviewed Shain in Tel Aviv.

09 Dec

Israel, Latest

What Can Trump Gain From Israeli-American Voters?

December 12, 2019
By Nathan Guttman
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The Israeli ex-pat community makes up anywhere from 300,000 to 800,000 members. Most are concentrated in New York and Los Angeles, rendering them useless in terms of electoral strategy. So why bother with this tiny sliver of a constituency?

06 Dec

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How the Harvard Professor with Great Hair Blew Up Twitter

December 6, 2019
By Lilly Gelman
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Whether these other conversations, about his celebrity look-a-like and Jewish roots, eclipsed the impeachment conversation probably depends on which Twitter world one inhabits—the one that shows up for the news or the one that shows up solely for the memes.

06 Dec

Chai Brow, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Latest

Leonard Cohen’s Final Testament: ‘Thanks for the Dance’

December 12, 2019
By Andrew Lapin
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Leonard Cohen blended the sacred and the profane in his own search for a deeper meaning—finding truth in the Torah, yes, but also in sex, travel and the simple thrill of artistic creation.

05 Dec

Beshert, Latest

Beshert | Open Book Finds Editor

February 28, 2020
By Julie Gray
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The truth is, we are an odd couple, Gidon and I. He is from the Czech Republic, I am from California, I like cats, him...

03 Dec

Jewish World, Latest

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Reported at DC Synagogue

December 9, 2019
By Lilly Gelman
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Sixth & I, the historic Washington, DC synagogue and culture center, was vandalized on Friday less than two months after a similar incident at the...

03 Dec

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A year-end letter from Nadine

December 3, 2019
By pat lewis
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Dear Friend, Whether we’re investigating the rise in anti-Semitism or the vilification of George Soros, reporting on the attitudes of politically engaged Jews, exploring how Germany’s...

02 Dec

Israel, Latest

The Ticking Political Clocks Shaping the U.S.-Israel Relationship

December 9, 2019
By Nathan Guttman
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With just under a year to go, Trump, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would really like to fit in another one or two major moves—a grand peace plan, greenlighting Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley or the signing of a mutual defense treaty between the two countries.