28
Oct
Opinion Interview | Will the Middle East Erupt?
When a Middle East crisis erupts, it can be hard to think long term. But Robert Malley sees larger, longer-running dangers in the region.
28
Oct
Opinion | History Held Hostage
Until the doors of Warsaw’s POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews opened six-and-a-half years ago
28
Oct
Opinion | The Politics of a Mizrachi Millennial
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Tabby Refael
In August 2015, I was part of a bipartisan group of young Iranian-American Jews from Los Angeles who met with Representative Ted Lieu.
28
Oct
Opinion | Murder Rate Rises Among Israel’s Arabs
Only one political faction could look with satisfaction at the indecisive results of the second 2019 Israel election.
28
Oct
Opinion | The Elephant in the Impeachment Inquiry
With Syria in turmoil, the Kurds in flight and its own government in prolonged limbo, the last thing Israel probably wants to worry about right now is an American impeachment process.
28
Oct
Spice Box: Do You Mean Ge-volt?
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Moment
Send your unmarked original newspaper clippings, curiosities and photographs to editor@momentmag.com.
28
Oct
From the Editor | Women’s Voices Make Journalism Stronger
A few weeks ago, I heard from a concerned reader. He thought that Moment was becoming too women-oriented for his taste, that we were publishing too many stories about women.
28
Oct
Not Your Grandmother’s Democratic Party
Many in the pro-Israel community joined for a collective oy vey moment last week when leading Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren added her voice to a growing choir of progressives threatening to use America’s aid to Israel as a means of influencing Israel’s policy in the West Bank. Looking at the Democratic field, here’s where we stand: Three of the four frontrunners are threatening to cut U.S. aid to Israel. Biden stands alone in his refusal to join.
25
Oct
In ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Sequel, a Chance at Second Love
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Andrew Lapin
If Call Me by Your Name, the bestselling 2007 romance novel by André Aciman, was an ode to the passions and discoveries of a first love, then Aciman’s new sequel, Find Me, asks us to believe in something much more perilous: second love.
24
Oct
Beshert | A Life of Adventures and Surprises
Most of our adventures have been wonderful. We’ve met and become friends with great people, seen beautiful things, and have become part of people’s lives. (Some adventures weren’t so good; accidents, hospital stays, illnesses, and sometimes boredom and culture shock.)
21
Oct
All Candidates Pass the Pro-Israel Test. Now What?
As always, Jewish voters will make sure their candidate is pro-Israel, in the broadest meaning of the term, and then they’ll move on to decide based on issues such as health care, the economy, gun control, etc., like any other voter. All candidates in both parties pass the pro-Israel test.
18
Oct
Directors and Dictators: Jewish Films at the Chicago International Film Festival
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A preview of some of the films from this year’s Chicago International Film Festival.