From the Newsletter | Degrees of Evil—and Joy—in 2023
It feels as though years of history have happened in 2023, and we’ve needed to “hate and forgive and remember and forget, to arrange and confuse, to eat and digest” with dizzying rapidity.
Moment’s Top Stories of 2023
As we come to the end of this challenging year, Moment takes a look back at the stories that shaped the American Jewish conversation in 2023. From our coverage of Israeli democracy to American politics to the E-Street Band, here are Moment’s most-read stories 2023.
Interview | Between Missile Strikes, Activist Mohammed Dajani is Still Dedicated To Peace
“If you want to talk to me, talk to me about the future, about what is next.”
An Inspirational Conversation with Holocaust Survivor Manfred Lindenbaum
Holocaust survivor Manny Lindenbaum shares his story and important lessons for all of us.
Ye’s New Album ‘Vultures’ Criticized for Antisemitic Lyrics and Art
‘Vultures’ is a collaboration between Ye and Ty Dolla $ign, and visually references the founder of the Neo-Nazi ‘Heathen Front’ movement.
IDF Spotters: ‘The men ignored us, and we all paid dearly’
Sources inside the IDF Spotters Unit and Intelligence’s Unit 8200 shed light on the catastrophic failures that led to October 7.
From the Newsletter | When Psychiatry Made Being Gay OK
Fifty years ago, the Washington Post declared: “Doctors Rule Homosexuals Not Abnormal.”
Today, December 15, marks the anniversary of the American Psychiatric Association’s board of trustees...
How the “Woke” Movement is Undermining its own Goals and Unintentionally Pushing Society to the Right with Susan Neiman and Robert Siegel
American Philosopher Susan Neiman, director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam, Germany and Moment contributor Robert Siegel, former host of NPR’s All Things Considered, discuss Neiman’s latest book Left is Not Woke and clarify the dangerous confusion surrounding the word and the movement.
Memoir | Seeing Green in Southern Israel
The crisis in the agricultural sector is acute, but inside the avocado trees, my head swims with green, with the bounty of this fruit.
Video Essay | Volunteers Head South to Help Israeli Agriculture
“This is our lifeline. Israel is the only place for Jews to live and if we don’t keep it up and running we don’t have anywhere to go.”
From 2005 | Ask the Rabbis: Should Jewish Children Sing Christmas Carols
American society tries to sell us the idea that Christmas is not a religious holiday because its themes—gift giving, goodwill and peace on earth—are universal. But Christmas is fundamentally religious: It celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christian messiah
Women Speak Out: Confronting War, Rape, and the Rise in Hate: An Interfaith Conversation with Zainab Khan, Shirin Taber, Heidi Basch-Harod and Nadine Epstein
Women Speak Out: Confronting War, Rape, and the Rise in Hate.