16
Jul
Book Review | Inheritance
That insight—that culture and identity are not DNA—is one that Dani Shapiro, author of the recently published Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, doesn’t get.
10
Jul
Thomas Buergenthal: More Than a Survivor
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By
Dana Gerber
Throughout his eighty-five years, Thomas Buergenthal has experienced justice from all angles. He has been deprived of it, reclaimed it, fought for it for others, and worked to strengthen it worldwide.
09
Jul
Five Things to Know This Week: Trump’s Israel Team Rallies Evangelical Base at CUFI Summit
Christians United For Israel Summit in Washington, DC hosted high level Trump Administration speakers, including John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt
02
Jul
Five Things to Know This Week: Republican, Democrat Jewish Groups Prepare for Election Season
1. Where’s the Jewish community’s political energy?
With Donald Trump’s June 18 launch of his reelection campaign and after the first round of Democratic presidential debates,...
27
Jun
Visual Moment | When the Wild Things Sang
Going back to his early line drawings, you can see that Sendak liked to populate the world with Sendaks.
27
Jun
How Should We Use the Term ‘Concentration Camp’?
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By
Sam Gelman
When Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York used the term “concentration camp” last week to describe the current situation on the U.S. southern border, she sparked a vicious debate that became less about the crisis at the border and more about what the term really means.
27
Jun
Reading By Numbers: Applying Sports Analytics to Our Summer Books Symposium
Why not pick your next read by applying sports-style analytics?
26
Jun
The Star of David: Between Judaism and Zionism
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By
Lilly Gelman
What does the Star of David symbolize?
26
Jun
Fiction | Goldfader In Full
Jed Phillip Cohen’s fiction short story is the winner of 2018 Moment Magazine Karma Foundation short fiction competition.
25
Jun
Five Things to Know This Week: As Bahrain workshop launches, expectations couldn’t be lower
Early criticism of the Bahrain Economic workshop, preview of the upcoming democratic debates and AOC’s border camps comments
24
Jun
Marianne Williamson’s Prognosis for America
Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein and Washington Bureau Chief of The Christian Science Monitor Linda Feldmann interviewed Marianne Williamson
21
Jun
Leah Forster on Life as an Orthodox Comedian
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By
Simi Horwitz
Leah Forster, 36, is an ultra-Orthodox female standup comic—a rare occurrence if ever there was one—and she has always been a controversial figure.