Suspended Sentences by Patrick Modiano cover
05 May
2015 May-June, Book Review

Book Review // Suspended Sentences

On October 9th, 2014, when the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to the French writer Patrick Modiano, it seemed to his loving readers as if their long quest on his behalf had finally been fulfilled. Not that this shy and modest man ever considered fame or awards, but that he never even considered that writing novels was a career.
Ezra Reads the Book of Law
11 Mar
2015 March-April

Curating a New Jewish Canon

When Jack Miles approached me with the proposition to edit the Judaism volume of the projected Norton Anthology of World Religions, I was naturally flattered but also confounded. There are, of course, many anthologies of Judaism in different formats. But the Norton anthologies are different.
Kosher Cheese on a cracker
10 Mar
2015 March-April, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Talk of the Table

Talk of the Table | Kosher Cheese Comes of Age

When Brent Delman was growing up in Cleveland, his culturally Jewish family, like their Eastern European forebears, ate lots of soft, fresh cheese—cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese—without worrying much about whether it was kosher. After all, cheese is just curdled milk, and as long as it’s not eaten with meat, what could be treif about it?
Anita Diamant and Dara Horn Talk
03 Mar
2015 March-April

Anita Diamant & Dara Horn: In Conversation

We live in the era of Jewish historical fiction. Hundreds of novels set at some point in the long Jewish past have been published in recent years, some based on biblical stories or Jewish folk tales, others built around major historical figures. The phenomenon shows no sign of slowing, with readers continuing to greedily devour historical fiction, and writers delighted to feed their addiction.
Nadine Epstein Headshot
03 Mar
2015 March-April

From the Editor // March/April 2015

The ground is lurching beneath the feet of European Jews, with anti-Semitism rising up around them. We American Jews are rightly concerned at this alarming turn of events. We fear the spread of this new, especially virulent form of anti-Semitism to our own shores. We feel disgusted but helpless. What can we do?
Knesset
24 Feb
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Opinion // Fania Oz-Salzberger

Regardless of the outcome of Israel’s general elections on March 17, the campaign for the 20th Knesset will be remembered for its verbal brutality, rhetoric shallowness and viral viciousness. Never has an Israeli election been so devoid of serious debate on the core issues. Whether Netanyahu or Herzog and Livni win at the polls, the main loser is already known: rational debate and communal ethos.
06 Feb

Poland Trip // 2015

 Moment Anniversary Expedition to Poland June 28 – July 5, 2015   Dear Friend,  I am writing to announce a
28 Jan
2015 January-February, Jewish Culture and Traditions - Moment Magazine, Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction

Fiction // Killing Brother Michael

Leib’s brother was named Michael, after Michael Faraday, creator of the balloon and author of the work The Chemical History of the Candle. Faraday was a prominent chemist and physicist during the mid-1800s, and Leib’s father—a balloonist during the week, an aspiring inventor on weekends—found Mr. Faraday’s biography and rubbery inventions encouraging in both his personal and professional life.