18
Jan
The Delectable Dumpling Diaspora
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Tami Weiser
Their seemingly modest appearance belies their multicultural significance, manifold incarnations and long history.
18
Jan
Jewish Germans and the History of Fashion
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Dina Gold
Few people these days are aware that Berlin, in the 1920s and early 1930s, was the capital of the world’s fashion industry. And this illustrious position was almost exclusively thanks to Jewish innovators. But the invaluable contribution of Jewish Germans has been forgotten—until now.
13
Jan
Michael Chabon, Uri Bar-Joseph Win National Jewish Book Awards
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Ellen Wexler
Every year, the National Jewish Book Awards honor noteworthy works of Jewish literature distributed in the United States. This year’s winners, from Michael Chabon to Meir Shalev, include several authors we’ve been following here at Moment.
13
Jan
The Future of the Anti-Defamation League
“The person in my role has always had a very simple job description: Protect the Jewish people.”
13
Jan
Do We Divide The Holiest Holy City?
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Ross Bishton
"Jerusalem contains more different versions of Heaven than any outsider can imagine,” Israeli writer Amos Oz once told the late American author Saul Bellow. Despite,...
13
Jan
The Jewish Secrets of Lemony Snicket
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Novelist Daniel Handler, better known by his pseudonym, Lemony Snicket, surfaced recently to talk with Moment editor Nadine Epstein from an undisclosed location about the troubled Dickensian world he crafted in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
12
Jan
Meir Shalev: Israel’s Dictator-in-Writing
Although Americans may not immediately recognize his name, best-selling novelist Meir Shalev is one of Israel’s most beloved and celebrated authors. He is a man with deeply held convictions and opinions about both the art of writing and Israel.
12
Jan
The Polish Republic of Untruth
It didn’t take long for the recently elected government to have a troubling impact on the state of the country’s democracy.
11
Jan
Israel’s High Court Rules for Women’s Prayer at Western Wall
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The court said that Robinson’s Arch, an area currently designated an alternative prayer space, does not constitute equal access, and it gave Western Wall administrators 30 days to explain why women “should not be allowed to pray in accordance with their custom at the traditional plaza.”
05
Jan
Jewish Word // Blood libel
In September, Josh Marshall of the online political news outlet Talking Points Memo reached for an unexpected metaphor to express his disgust at Donald Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric…
05
Jan
Author Interview // Kati Marton
Kati Marton’s early life reads like the plot of a John le Carré spy novel. Marton was born in Budapest in the early years of the Cold War to journalists who, at the time, were among the most famous anti-communist dissidents in the world.
05
Jan
Letter From Whitefish
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Moment
A reporter visits the Montana resort town where a vicious neo-Nazi campaign is targeting Jews.