Oy, Oy, AI: What ChatGPT Can Tell Us About Jewish Jokes
One thing most people don’t want explained are jokes. BUT, if a joke is already bona fide boffo funny, an explanation might help us appreciate it even more.
Could America Cut Aid to Israel? And Would It?
As Israel continues down a questionable political path, the once taboo question of cutting aid is suddenly on the table.
The Actors and Writers Strike from a Jewish Perspective
Like the previous dual strike, which happened during the industry’s transition to television, these simultaneous strikes are happening at a time of massive transformation in the medium.
Fiction // The Goose Girl
This story is the second-place winner of the 2009 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize authors...
From the Newsletter | When the State Serves Death
This week, Moment covers two planned executions.
In October 2018, Robert Bowers killed 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg, PA, the deadliest...
Federal Jury Hands Death Sentence to Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter
During the trial, prosecutors called on 60 witnesses, and survivors testified to their horrifying experiences inside the synagogue.
Texas to Execute Jewish Man on World Day Against the Death Penalty
When Michael Zoosman first reached out to Jedidiah Murphy in 2021, he knew very little about his soon-to-be pen pal other than that he had been on death row in Livingston, Texas, for 20 years and that he was a practicing Jew.
Fiction // The Girl of the Comet
This story is the third-place winner of the 2013 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize authors...
The Conversation
As always, you’ve put together a very diverse and thoughtful group of Jewish opinions on the state of the State of Israel.
‘Not Very Pleasant’
For years, a one-dimensional view of Israel has poisoned the environment for Jews in Britain’s national students’ union. After an official investigation, will the situation improve?
From 2004 | Who Holds the Deed to the Holy Land?
How the Greek Orthodox Church became one of the most influential landlords in Jerusalem is a story of medieval luck, good timing and a certain stubbornness.