24
Jul
As Israel Reaches a Boiling Point, Washington’s Concern Grows
As Israel’s government advances its Judicial legislation, President Biden speaks out.
24
Jul
Sing to Survive: New Jewish Songbook Combats Climate Crisis
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Ella Marx
This May, climate action organization Dayenu released “Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Songs for the Jewish Climate Movement,” a digital songbook, which brings together a diverse set of songs—Jewish and secular, English and Hebrew, chanted and sung—for Jewish climate activism.
24
Jul
Jewish Word | Beware the Fires of Moloch
In 2012, days after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults, historian Garry Wills wrote an impassioned essay in The New York Review of Books.
24
Jul
From the Archive | More Poetry of Linda Pastan
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Moment
The following poems by Linda Pastan were printed in Moment between 1975 and 2015.
A SHORT HISTORY OF JUDAIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The rabbis wrote:
although...
21
Jul
Wisdom Project | Edith Everett, 94
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Jodi Blecker
Edith Everett’s days continue to be filled with endeavors to repair the world and she encourages others to do the same.
21
Jul
Explainer | Who Is Kidnapped Researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov?
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Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq several months ago, is being held by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shiite militia in Iraq, Israel’s government confirmed on July 5. A doctoral student at Princeton University, Tsurkov has been held by the insurgent group since March.
20
Jul
From the Newsletter | Remembering Poet Linda Pastan
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Jody Bolz
What lyrical poetry can do—but rarely does—sounds impossible. It can blur the distinction between thought and feeling, between speech and song. And though it can’t...
20
Jul
Roundtable | Robots Get Religion
In real life, artificial intelligence may be making great strides, but it’s nothing—at least, as yet—compared to the visions of artificial yet intelligent creatures that live in our literary imagination.
19
Jul
Partly Cloudy Reads for Your Beach Bag
When anxieties are rippling through the culture, novelists can’t help picking up the signal.
19
Jul
Book Review | The Truth Only Fiction Can Touch
After Italian philosopher Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose (1980), to worldwide critical acclaim and instant bestsellerdom, scores of major humanities scholars started thinking about fiction as a possible genre for them too.
19
Jul
Q&A: The Poems in Progress of Linda Pastan, z”l
In February 2022, Moment interviewed Linda Pastan about her poem, “I Hold My Breath,” published in our November/December 2020 issue. To mark her passing, we’re...
19
Jul
Book Review | The Many Layers of Jewish Identity
Forsaking one’s native country for another place can create an odd mix of new and old identities.