23
May
From The Editor | What to Do About Sick Civil Discourse Syndrome
Nadine Epstein, Moment Editor, writes about civil discourse and how we could fix it.
21
May
Five Things to Know This Week: Trump Peace Plan, Part One
Trump administration’s Peace for Prosperity, Middle East Peace plan economic part released, Bahrain conference announced yet details and Palestinian cooperation unclear
20
May
Opinion | The Bibi Generation
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By
Lahav Harkov
It wasn’t really a surprise when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud won April’s election in Israel, his fifth election victory. The Netanyahu-led right has a solid majority in Israel, and the ideological left has been relegated to the back benches of the Knesset. Life in Israel is good, and young Israelis in “the Bibi generation” appreciate it.
14
May
Five Things to Know This Week: Beyond the Rashida Tlaib Controversy
By now, all political players have already found their place in the manufactured battle surrounding Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib’s latest comments on Israel.
07
May
Five Things to Know This Week: Responses to Gaza Escalation
Nathan Guttman’s weekly column summing up Israeli-American politics
06
May
The U.S. and the Aftermath of the Israeli Elections
In Israel, the April elections are over. President Rivlin has sworn in the 21st Knesset and given Prime Minister Netanyahu a month to form the next government of Israel.
30
Apr
The Jewish History of Punk
From its origins with Jewish musicians in the 1970s to modern-day Jewish punk bands, the histories of Jewish culture and punk rock are deeply intertwined.
29
Apr
The Girl in the Blue Sweater
Helena survived three concentration camps and when the last one was liberated she was flown by the Red Cross to a hospital in Sweden. She was 5’4″ and weighed 52 lbs. Her roommate in the hospital, a fellow survivor, knit the sweater for her while they were there. She told me she has worn that sweater every Passover since.
24
Apr
Tell Us: What Are Your Favorite Forgotten Passover Foods?
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By
Moment
We want to hear from you: What Passover foods did you eat growing up that seem to have vanished?
23
Apr
Five Things to Know This Week: Trump’s Jewish American Gambit
1. Who’s in and who’s out of Trump’s Jewish allies circle?
Last Tuesday, the White House hosted a group of Jewish leaders for a short pre-Passover...
22
Apr
Judith Viorst Talks Nearing 90
At 88 years old, Viorst doesn’t fail to remind us how fiercely funny she is in her appropriately titled poetry collection: Nearing 90 and Other Comedies of Late Life.
22
Apr
The Cold War’s Canadian Jewish Spies
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Joyce Wayne
It was August 1943. Only six months earlier the Red Army had defeated the Germans at Stalingrad. That month the first and only representative of the Communist Party to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons won a predominantly Jewish, working class district in Montreal.