Moment
Moment asked millennial Jews, “How is your Judaism different from your parents’?” The young generation of the Jewish community looks diverse—and proud to be Jewish.
Alan Dowty
Warder Cresson’s wife and most of his family, claiming that he was clearly out of his mind, lodged a charge of lunacy and obtained a verdict of insanity from a Sheriff’s jury.
Anis Modi
As Israeli elections near, Moment looks at the history of political slogans in the country’s elections. From Mapai to Rabin, Netanyahu and Benny Gantz.
When my friend Heidi Gleit asked last summer for volunteers to teach a weekly Hebrew reading-and-writing evening class to Eritrean and Darfurian asylum seekers in the Israeli town of Lod, I agreed immediately.
Nathan Guttman on Trump’s Jewish American Jexodus, AIPAC and J Street
Robert Siegel Reviews Deborah Lipstadt’s new book, Antisemitism, and Mark Weitzmann’s Hate: The Rising Tide
of Anti-Semitism in France.
Only five sections are named for biblical characters. In the fifth reading of Exodus, that rare privilege goes to Jethro: a non-Israelite, the father-in-law of Moses, and the priest of Midian.
Lost and Found exhibit at Yeshiva University’s museum traces the story of a photo album smuggled out of Lithuania’s Kovno Ghetto, from its original disappearance through the investigation that found the owner’s descendants teaching Yiddish in the United States.
Moment’s Editor-In-Chief Nadine Epstein writes about reactions to Moment’s previous issue and the contents of the magazine’s upcoming, including an exclusive interview with Ehud Barak, opinion pieces tackling anti-Semitism, Israeli politics, and more.
As Israeli elections near, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak speaks out about the meaning of Zionism, a one-state vs. two-state solution and the kind of leadership Israel needs
It took the Holocaust to make casual anti-Jewish talk so toxic that polite society wouldn’t stand for it. Eroding that sense of toxicity is much easier; internet memes can do it. But it’s also possible to invite backlash against strong, important taboos by clinging to weaker ones that are broader than necessary. We ignore the distinction at our peril.
