02
Jan
Book Review // What are the Blind Men Dreaming?
Memory is a funny thing. Memory is something that’s irrecoverably passed, but at the same time, it’s something that we inhabit, and something that shapes us.
02
Jan
Opinion // Is it Time to Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem?
What is an embassy? It is an office in which people do their jobs—at times essential, at other times unimportant. It is also a symbol—of friendship, of cooperation, of relations.
26
Dec
The Top 16 Most-Read Stories From 2016
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Ellen Wexler
In an election year, only four of our top stories concerned American politics. Instead, our readers sought out stories about culture, history and complex ideological divides. But most of all, our readers wanted to learn about people.
24
Dec
How Germany’s ‘Rent a Jew’ Fights Stereotypes
“We try not to debunk the stereotypes from the Jewish side, but instead show the participants how stereotypes work in general.”
21
Dec
Kati Marton: ‘Elie Was Not a Stranger to Any Human Frailty’
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Kati Marton
“You are a good person,” he said, and that seemed sufficient for us to be friends—for three decades.
16
Dec
Songs for Your Hanukkah Playlist
There is a rich legacy of recorded music that can only add to our understanding of Hanukkah and our connection to its traditions.
16
Dec
‘We Are All Born Waiting’: Q&A With Author Leah Kaminsky
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By
Dina Gold
“We can sit around the waiting room of life, alternating between staring passively at the ceiling and flipping through old magazines, or we can wait with intentionality, by taking action and making a difference in this world in ways that are important to us.”
15
Dec
Jewish Life in Trump’s America
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By
After Donald Trump gave his victory speech in the early-morning hours of Nov. 9, we asked readers a few questions: How do you feel? What does the future look like? What will it mean to be Jewish in Trump’s America?
06
Dec
Interview: Steven Volynets
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By
Moment
Born in Soviet Ukraine, Steven Volynets immigrated to the United States as a child. He turned to literature after several years as a journalist. Moment spoke with him about his new story, his childhood in Russia and his evolution as a writer.
06
Dec
Israel’s Other Fires
The fires, Israeli politicians insisted, were the result of Arab terror. With no justification, they cast collective blame.
06
Dec
The Great Hanukkah Clanging
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By
Hanukkah was really only about one thing when I was growing up. It wasn’t the presents—they were generally small and unexciting…
06
Dec
Gelt-y Pleasures for All Ages
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By
In the story of Hanukkah—the cruel reign of Antiochus, the unlikely victory of Mattathias and his sons, the one cruse of sacred oil left in the plundered Temple that burned for eight days—there is no mention of money.