Explainer | Will Israel Draft ‘Those Who Toil in Torah’?
For the first time in Israeli history, Haredi parties may no longer be able to act as kingmaker for whoever is willing to exempt them from the draft and fund their yeshivot.
From the Editor | How Nuance Can Save Us
Since October 7, the American Jewish conversation seems to have become stuck in an infinite loop that circles between fear for the Jewish future and finger-pointing in all directions.
Opinion | Carrying Navalny’s Torch
With the death of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Kara-Murza—the crusading and imprisoned Russian journalist—is now the public face of dissent and most prominent democratic opponent of Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship.
Opinion | Israel’s Elusive ‘Day After’
What will happen on the “day after” the war in Gaza ends is one of the things (there are a few) over which the U.S. administration and the Israeli government are having a dispute.
Esther Coopersmith
Moment mourns the passing of Esther Coopersmith, a dear friend of the magazine and of mine, and a 2018 recipient of Moment’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
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For the Love of Judaism with Shai Held and Amy E. Schwartz
Join Shai Held for a conversation about why he believes that “love belongs as much to Judaism as it does to Christianity."
Wisdom Project | Joseph Werk, 97
Joseph Werk shares his story of escaping Poland during WWII and his involvement with the IDF's volunteer service Sar-El.
Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
By noon, less than three hours after the exchange began, Washington and Jerusalem were in full crisis mode.
Beyond Greening: Jewish Responses to Climate Emergency
American Jewish responses to this existential threat include a spate of new books, fresh efforts to organize grassroots Jewish climate activists and increased attention to climate within the Jewish environmental movement.
Is a Two-State Solution for Israelis and Palestinians Still Possible? with Aaron David Miller, Ghaith al-Omari and Robert Siegel
Once the Israel-Hamas War ends, is a two-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians living peacefully side by side in two countries still possible? What would it take now for both sides to agree to two states?
Israel’s Internal War
Hundreds killed, kidnapped, tortured and mutilated. Thousands displaced. An entire country at war, almost every family with someone at the front. And yet, it would...
Female, Funny and Fabulous with Felicia Madison, Ellen Sugarman and Jennifer Bardi
A conversation about becoming a comedianshow being Jewish intersects with their comedy and how older women are finding laughter in their second act in life.