20
Jul
Special Edition | The Making of a Jewish Word
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Moment
Technology inexplicably fails us often enough that we need a word for the occasion.
19
Jul
Everything is Material: The Influence of Love, Loss and Humor in Fiction and Memoir with Susan Coll, Delia Ephron and Amy E. Schwartz—in celebration of the Moment-Karma Fiction Contest
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Susan Coll, author of the novel Bookish People and Delia Ephron, screenwriter for movies like You’ve Got Mail and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and author of the memoir Left on Tenth: A Second Chance on Life, discuss the influence of love, loss and humor in the creative writing process. In conversation with Moment book & opinion editor Amy E. Schwartz. A special literary event celebrating the Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest celebration.
18
Jul
Amid Antisemitism, Jewish Montanans Seek to Buy Back Historic Synagogue
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Dan Freedman
The Montana Jewish Project hopes to purchase Temple Emanu-El—constructed in 1890 during a colorful, obscure chapter of Jewish history—from the Diocese of Helena.
18
Jul
From 1997 | Finding My Father in Sephardic Time
I would like to address the question that has been hounding me for a long time: “Where is your Sephardic heritage?”
18
Jul
Spice Box | So, what are you waiting for, journal already!
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Send your unmarked original newspaper clippings, curiosities and photographs to editor@momentmag.com.
Self-destruction, self-renewal.
Submitted by Yossi Abramowitz, Jerusalem, Israel
So, what are you waiting for, journal already!
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18
Jul
The Conversation
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Kudos to Sarah Breger for calling out the “constant meanness” on so many social media platforms, and for urging the cultivation of empathy (“From the Editor: A Passover Call for Empathy,” Spring 2022).
17
Jul
Poem | A Visitor in Herzliya
Many Jews arrive in Israel for the first time and experience a shock of recognition, as if the land and its history, both ancient and contemporary, were their own.
15
Jul
Kyiv Diary 7/15/22: Generosity From an Unexpected Twin
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The war in Ukraine, I think, got people all over the world closer. And it also brought kindness and support in many different ways, sometimes absolutely unexpected.
15
Jul
State Department Condemns Russian War Propaganda as ‘Antisemitic’
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William Choi
On July 11, the U.S. Department of State released a report condemning Moscow’s attempts to justify the brutal invasion of Ukraine under the pretext of “denazifying” Ukraine and its government.
15
Jul
Beshert | The Crooner in the Station
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Pam Janis
One night, halfway up the stairs, I heard the most beautiful singing from above. Not heaven, the ticket hall.
12
Jul
The Wisdom Project | Joan Scheuer
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Joan Gross Scheuer, a retired economist and education champion, is a pioneer in remedying inequality in public schools.
12
Jul
A New Generation of Jewish Farmers Returns to the Land
Wendy Rhein’s day begins at 5 am, when she wakes up, checks the weather and puts on her headlamp to bring a bag of kitchen food scraps to her two young Berkshire pigs.