07
Nov
How Jewish Candidates Fared
While Jewish support for President Barack Obama’s re-election was lower than expected—69 percent, compared to 74 percent in 2008—Jews played a major role in many...
07
Nov
From the Archives: Jews and Blacks in America
In honor of President Barack Obama's re-election last night, take a look back at our exclusive 2009 photo essay, Jews and Blacks in America.
“It would...
06
Nov
Polish Jews and Catholics: Guest Blog
Moment Guest Blog
Grappling with the History of Polish Jews and Catholics
By Alfred Munzer
Earlier this month, as I watched the Theater J production of Our Class,...
06
Nov
Moment Co-Founder Elie Wiesel Wins Peoplehood Award
Nobel Prize Winner and Moment co-founder Elie Wiesel received the 2012 NADAV Peoplehood Award in Jerusalem, presented by philanthropist and former Russian oligarch Leonid Nevzlin,...
05
Nov
Election Edition
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Sala Levin
You may have heard that tomorrow is Election Day. In anticipation, here's a round-up of some of Moment's recent political coverage:
Editor Nadine Epstein explains in...
05
Nov
Barbara Streisand Backs Obama
The National Jewish Democratic Council has released a new ad that features Barbara Streisand explaining why she will vote for President Barack Obama in tomorrow's...
02
Nov
Jewish Weddings in the 21st Century
By Natalie Buchbinder
Finding a Jewish partner has become easier thanks to popular dating website J-Date, tailored to the Jewish search for love. But for millennial...
02
Nov
Mad Magazine Turns 40!
Mad, the American humor magazine founded in 1952, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. Founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman, a Jewish cartoonist born in Brooklyn, and publisher, William Gaines,...
01
Nov
How Does Satire Influence Politics?
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Moment
The Intersection of Politics and Satire.
A Moment Symposium
Robert Mankoff
Political satire is ridicule dedicated to exposing the difference between appearance and reality in public life. The...
01
Nov
The Madeleine Effect
Madeleine Albright became secretary of state in 1997. Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton followed.
Has foreign policy become women’s work?
There’s a story Madeleine Albright likes to...
01
Nov
Lox: An American Love Story
by Eileen Lavine
When I was growing up on the Upper West Side in the 1930s, Broadway was lined with “appetizing” stores, that—unlike delicatessens, which sold...
01
Nov
Fiction // Roots
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Joan Leegant
This story is the second-place winner of the 2011 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize authors...