28
Dec
Q&A: Israel and the Affirmative Action Debate
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Anna Isaacs
An interview with Sigal Alon, associate professor at Tel Aviv University and the author of Race, Class, and Affirmative Action.
28
Dec
A Granddaughter’s Shocking Discovery
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Sala Levin
by Emily Shwake
Rita Gabis comes from two identities: Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. For much of Gabis’s life, these two families stayed separate. It...
13
Dec
Synagogues to Scale: “Modeling the Synagogue” at Yeshiva University Museum
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Moment
When New York’s Yeshiva University Museum first opened its doors in April 1973, its core collection consisted of a series of ceremonial objects recovered from Nazi Europe and a striking collection of ten accurately rendered, intricately detailed scale models of historic synagogues. Now, for the first time in nearly three decades, all ten models are once more on display.
08
Dec
Jewish Word // Gentile
In the early 20th century, Jews continued to use “goy” when speaking among themselves, but “gentile” became the word of choice in public discourse.
07
Dec
Book Review // Alexandrian Summer
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The recent English-language publication of Yitzhak Gormezano Goren’s Alexandrian Summer, writes Juliana Maio, attests to the fact that the story of the Jews of the Arab world, long neglected, is ready to be heard.
07
Dec
Of Song Sheets and Latkes
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“Why does the mother persist with the song sheets and the records? No one knows the answer. But still, she passes them out, and still they groan, and in the meantime, the songs work their way into the brain circuitry of the children.”
04
Dec
Terrorism, BDS and Iran Dominate RJC Forum
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The Republican presidential candidates came ready to brandish their Israel-friendly credentials at an all-day forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition Thursday.
30
Nov
Fiction // Summer is For People
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Lev returns from the park eager for breakfast. He pulls his chair across the tired linoleum and calls out, “Won’t you join me? Your show can wait.” He hates the way he sounds, like a grown man coaxing a cat from a tree…
25
Nov
Moment’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
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Moment recently held its 40th anniversary gala at the French Embassy in Washington, DC, marking 40 years of independent, thought-provoking journalism.
18
Nov
17
Nov
From the Editor // November/December 2015
During the Rwanda genocide, I thought about taking in a Tutsi family or adopting an orphan. But I had a baby and a job, I...
13
Nov
Book Review // Before Auschwitz: Jewish Prisoners in the Prewar Concentration Camps
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In her compelling study of the role of the camps in the early years of the Nazi regime, Kim Wünschmann shows that they were “instrumental” in the development of the plan to transform German Jewry into a special category of enemy, deserving not just of brutal treatment but of eradication altogether.