09
Nov
TEN WAYS TO INVEST IN ISRAEL
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Moment
Today there are myriad ways to support Israel. Here are ten ways to get started.
06
Nov
Netanyahu’s DC Schedule Includes White House, Think Tanks
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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.
05
Nov
Opinion // Agreeing to Disagree
There is no reason for the Jewish community to be monolithic in our opinions.
05
Nov
If There Were One Thing You Could Change About The Israeli Rabbinate
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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
05
Nov
Putin’s Jews
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.
04
Nov
At 25, A Jewish Theater’s New Chapter
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Sala Levin
After facing controversy, Washington DC’s Theater J has a new leader.
04
Nov
Bernard-Henri Lévy
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Liam Hoare
France’s public intellectual no.1 has become its number-one defender of Jews—and democratic intervention around the world.
04
Nov
Behind The Headlines // ISIS Recruitment
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.
04
Nov
Author Interview // Geraldine Brooks
Australian-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and former journalist Geraldine Brooks has made her mark with daring fictional reimaginings of some of the most iconic figures in history and literature. A convert to Judaism, Brooks delved into Jewish history in her 2008 novel, People of the Book, which recounts the journey of the Sarajevo Haggadah through centuries of war and strife.
04
Nov
Opinion // Obama’s Distorted Views on Israel
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by Peter Berkowitz
The president's quest for even-handedness is misguided and dangerous.
Speaking at Harvard University in October, Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that “a massive...
03
Nov
Historian Jeffrey Herf on Interpreting Iran Through Germany
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by Emily Shwake
Jeffrey Herf is a professor of modern European intellectual history at the University of Maryland. He has used his specialization in 20th-century Germany...
03
Nov
Opinion // What Do We Mean By Jewish Continuity?
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navid
We all want Jewish grandchildren—but are we going about it the right way?