Washington has had unseasonably warm weather, with leaves clinging to branches and roses blooming into the first weeks of winter. But the winds of political change have also blown into the nation’s capital.
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.
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.
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.
“We try not to debunk the stereotypes from the Jewish side, but instead show the participants how stereotypes work in general.”
Kati Marton
“You are a good person,” he said, and that seemed sufficient for us to be friends—for three decades.
There is a rich legacy of recorded music that can only add to our understanding of Hanukkah and our connection to its traditions.
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.”
Ellen Wexler
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?
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.
The fires, Israeli politicians insisted, were the result of Arab terror. With no justification, they cast collective blame.
Moment
Hanukkah was really only about one thing when I was growing up. It wasn’t the presents—they were generally small and unexciting…
