10
Jan
Was ‘Mensch Mayor’ Steve Schewel Good for Durham’s Jews?
Former Mayor Steve Schewel may have turned Durham into a research and tech hub, but faced scrutiny from the city’s Jewish community along the way.
10
Jan
Wisdom Project | Donald J. Stone, 93
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Pam Janis
Dallas’s Don Stone is a gift that just keeps on giving—to the city’s schools, the arts, and, since the early 1980s, to Hebrew Union College.
10
Jan
The Good, the Bad and the Algorithm
A discordant and disturbing playfulness animates antisemitic content on TikTok. To be sure, there are more nefarious forms of antisemitism on the wildly popular video-sharing app, as well as content that attempts to counteract it.
09
Jan
America Responds to Bibi
Moment’s Nathan Guttman provides in-depth analysis of American politicians’ reactions to the reelection of Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel’s Prime Minister.
06
Jan
From the Newsletter | Sniffing Out the Messiah in 2023
2023 promises to be a tumultuous year. Instead of looking for saviors, let’s make it a year of study, justice, and love in our own lives.
02
Jan
Remembering My Colleague, Barbara Walters
Stuart Schwartz, former senior broadcast producer for ABC News, reflects on his experiences working with Barbara Walters, who passed this week.
30
Dec
12 Books That Made Us Think in 2022
Here are 12 books that made us think—one for each month of 2022—along with some of the books they made us think of reading next.
30
Dec
Moment Memoir | Shame, Names and the Mengele Tractor Factory
I learned about the Mengele tractor factory in 1981 when I was trying to get from Denmark to Italy by rail. I simply could not...
28
Dec
Netanyahu Rolls Out His New Government; Jewish Americans React
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In a midnight phone call to Israeli president...
26
Dec
Kyiv Diary 12/26/2022: Light in the Winter Darkness
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Moment
American synagogues are stepping up to the plate to help Ukrainian Jews get crucial supplies during this time of war and winter.
26
Dec
Wisdom Project | Rabbi Arthur Ocean Waskow, 89
“It took me a long time, but I learned how to love people,” says Rabbi Arthur Waskow. “I realized I had been not-soft, not-loving. I’d been sharp and smart, maybe even partly wise, but not loving.”
22
Dec
Moment’s Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2022
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a historic trip to Washington, DC, yesterday, his first trip outside war-torn Ukraine since the onset of hostilities. He met...