08
Mar
Opinion // It’s Not Just That Hillary Is a Woman
And it’s not enough that Bernie is Jewish. by Letty Cottin Pogrebin eople keep asking Jewish feminists like me which
04
Mar
Ask the Rabbis // Proselytizing?
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Moment
Should Jews advocate for their religious choices in conversation with Jews who have chosen differently?
04
Mar
Jewish Word // Baal Teshuvah
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Sala Levin
Religious seekers are as old as religion itself. But it wasn’t until mid-20th-century America that there was a full-fledged, organized movement of Jews who moved from less observant to more observant—and a name for them. Behold, the birth of the baal teshuvah.
04
Mar
From the Editor // March/April 2016
Not long ago, I visited dear old friends for dinner and, over dessert, fell into a conversation with their daughter, whom I have known since she was born. She recently graduated from college and is an artist and activist who participated in the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death of Michael Brown.
18
Feb
Israel: A Mosaic of Ethnic Cuisines (SPONSORED)
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srael’s vibrant food scene has made this small Mediterranean country one of the most exciting culinary destinations in the world,
19
Jan
Q&A: Author Harry Jaffe on Bernie Sanders
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Anna Isaacs
Moment spoke to Jaffe about Sanders' childhood in Brooklyn, his time on an Israeli kibbutz, his appeal to Jewish voters and whether there's a public dialogue soon to be had about the prospect of our first Jewish president.
13
Jan
Jewish Routes // Chicago
Today, with nearly 300,000 Jews, the Chicago metropolitan area is home to the third-largest Jewish population in the United States. But to many Chicagoan Jews, it has the feel of a small town.
07
Jan
Symposium // Is There a “Jewish” Way to Parent?
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Jewish parenting has never been simple: The original dysfunctional families are found in the Hebrew Bible. But today parenting is more nuanced and complicated than ever. Moment speaks with a range of Jewish parents and experts to explore what role, if any, Judaism plays in 21st-century parenting.
28
Dec
A Granddaughter’s Shocking Discovery
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Sala Levin
by Emily Shwake Rita Gabis comes from two identities: Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. For much of Gabis’s life,
30
Nov
Fiction // Summer is For People
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Lev returns from the park eager for breakfast. He pulls his chair across the tired linoleum and calls out, “Won’t you join me? Your show can wait.” He hates the way he sounds, like a grown man coaxing a cat from a tree...
18
Nov