Anna Isaacs
Jews have had a place in racial justice since the mid-20th century, when rabbis around the country stood by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. throughout his fight for civil rights. But now some are asking what the role of Jews should be in today’s national conversation about race.
Sala Levin
Ethiopian food, famous for its spicy stews and the spongy flatbread called injera, burst onto the international food scene—especially in the United States—in the 1970s and 1980s, when thousands of Ethiopians fled political turmoil in their home country.
Anna Isaacs
Historian Derek Taylor explores the answer in this 800th anniversary year of the historic document.
Anna Isaacs
While there must be no dismissal or flippancy about the killing of Israelis, there is a need to put this series of attacks into its proper perspective.
Moment
Today there are myriad ways to support Israel. Here are ten ways to get started.
Anna Isaacs
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday in the context of a new reality: that a two-state solution will not be negotiated on his watch.
There is no reason for the Jewish community to be monolithic in our opinions.
Moment
A Moment Symposium // Interviews With Assaf Benmelech, Aaron Leibowitz, Rachel Levmore, Shlomo Riskin, Bambi Sheleg, David Stav, Adin Steinsaltz, Yedidia Stern, Diana Villa, Avi Weiss, Moshe Weiss, Dov Zakheim. Plus a comment by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau
Mina Yuditskaya Berliner, a retired teacher of German, could be forgiven for feeling surprised when one of her former students invited her for tea after almost half a century. Berliner, now 94, hadn’t seen him since she made aliyah to Israel from the USSR in 1973. But in 2005, the former student came to Israel to visit—an official visit, no less, the first ever made by a Soviet or Russian leader.
Sala Levin
After facing controversy, Washington DC’s Theater J has a new leader.
Liam Hoare
France’s public intellectual no.1 has become its number-one defender of Jews—and democratic intervention around the world.
Warren Richey, a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor, explored this sophisticated recruitment machine in a recent seven-part series called “ISIS In America.” Moment speaks with Richey about how ISIS reels in Western teens and what can be done.
