Miami Is Changing—So Are Miami’s Jews
The news that President Carter’s United Nations ambassador, Andrew Young, had met in New York with a PLO representative spread furiously among the mostly Jewish residents of the new high-rise condominiums along southern Florida’s Gold Coast.
Moment Debate | Would Israel Be Better Off Without U.S. Military Aid?
Cutting off aid would benefit us by saving us from ourselves.
Fiction // Mirušenka Moja
By Kathryn Winter by Kathryn Winter er mother called her Mirenka. To me she was Mirka, but the times she
‘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?
Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Humanity?
AI is the brainchild of cognitive scientists, computer programmers and physicists; it raises problems for politicians, journalists and philosophers; and it’s alive in the imaginations of artists, cartoonists and science fiction writers. We’ve asked people from all these fields how best to approach this astounding moment in human history.
Sanctuary and Humiliation: The Wartime Haven in Shanghai
Although the Shanghai ghetto was in one of the most dilapidated parts of the city, it was totally unlike the Nazi ghettos of Europe.
The State of the Jewish State
That Israel’s existence is miraculous is clear—as every respondent made sure to let us know—but the rest, like everything in Judaism, is up for debate.
Rage Against the Rube Goldberg Machine
America’s first Jewish comedy superstar, Rube Goldberg drew Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons that satirized industry and made him famous.
Antisemitism Monitor 2023
ANTISEMITISM MONITOR
The Antisemitism Monitor reports antisemitic incidents around the world by country and date on a weekly basis. View 2023 incidents below. View incidents from...
Moment Memoir | My Mother’s ‘Knippel’
Long story short: my father, Jack, controlled the money in my parents’ marriage. All of it.
Book Review | The Netanyahus Takes Off
When 41-year-old American novelist Joshua Cohen won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction last week for his semi-roman à clef, The Netanyahus, the first question occurring to close observers of Israeli culture and politics wasn’t “Is it good for the Jews?” but “How bad is it for Bibi and the family brand?”
From the Archives | Are Jews Still Funny?
In 1979 Time magazine, the quintessential barometer of American life, told the nation that even though Jews made up only 3 percent of the population, 80 percent of America's working comedians were Jewish.