Profile
Simon Schama Steals the Show
The effusive British historian and master storyteller returns for part two of the history of the Jewish people.
by Liam Hoare
Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative
Strangers in their own land
The end of the long civil war between Sri Lanka’s Buddhists and Tamils promised peace. Instead, Buddhist nationalists found a new enemy: their Muslim neighbors.
by May Jeong
Our Nation 2017
After the Cyber-storm
The nation’s attention has shifted elsewhere, but Whitefish, the small Montana town hit by a neo-Nazi harassment campaign, is still recovering.
By Ellen Wexler
Book Interview
Max Brooks
The preeminent zombie expert—who has taught disaster preparedness at West Point—explains why the video game, Minecraft, is his new obsession.
By Ellen Wexler
From The Editor
The new face of white supremacism
by Nadine Epstein
Opinion
Younger evangelicals are less committed to Israel
by Mark Pinsky
Can Jared Kushner find a new path to peace?
by Marshall Breger
A new spotlight shines on David Duke
by Tyler Bridges
Opinion Interview
Elliott Abrams’s Advice to Trump
by Marilyn Cooper
Jewish Word
A short history of Hebrew acronyms
by Marilyn Cooper
Visual Moment
Modigliani’s Parisian years
by Diane Bolz
First Person
Sukkah-for-sale
by Jodi Rudoren
Ask The Rabbis
What is the most important High Holidays prayer?
Poem
“On Reading Chapter 19 in the Book of Judges”
by Erika Dreifus
Guide
2017 Moment Genetics Guide
Learn about new genetic testing options, advances in immunotherapy, the benefits of genetic counseling & much more.
Books
Forest Dark
reviewed by Emily Barton
The Book of Separation
reviewed by Susan Coll
Jewish Comedy: A Serious History
reviewed by Daniel Oppenheimer and Mark Oppenheimer
Cartoon Caption Contest
Spice Box