Wine: Ambrosia of the Jews
The Torah is full of oenophiles: One of Noah’s first actions after emerging from the ark is to plant a vineyard, and the Five Books...
Forbidden Love
Anti-Semites who loved Jews—and the Jews who (sometimes) loved them back.
A Jewish Time Capsule
Five years ago, I got the thrill of a lifetime when, as a collections manager for the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC, I...
That Great Big Jewish Alaska
The 49th state was built by Jewish people, Jewish money and Jewish know-how. And although their numbers are small, Jews are still disproportionately prominent in...
From the Editor
Nearly three years ago, I met a 90-year-old woman from Cleveland named Eva Rosenberg who told me her story—and that of her late husband Milton...
Book Reviews
Kosher Nation: Why More and More of America’s Food Answers to a Higher Authority
reviewed by Robin Aronson
The Other Rosenbergs
They had the wrong name at the wrong time in the wrong place. Moment investigates discrimination against Jews who worked for the U.S. Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey in the wake of Julius Rosenberg’s arrest.
Is This the Golden Age of Jewish Baseball?
A new generation of high-caliber Jewish major league players—including four All-Stars—takes the field. Plus exclusive profiles of Ryan Braun, Craig Breslow, Ike Davis, Danny Valencia and Kevin Youkilis.
Revered and Reviled: Bernard Lewis
A decade after the September 11th attacks, Moment looks back on the career of the 95-year-old Middle East scholar whose ideas provided the framework for the war in Iraq. Long an outcast in contemporary Middle East Studies departments, he and his followers defend his legacy.
From the Editor
Why is Moment, a magazine of Jewish politics, culture and religion, devoting space to the Roma, especially when there are so many issues of direct interest to the Jewish people to explore?
Roma Life Today
Since the mid-1970s and early 1980s, Roma activists and groups such as the International Romani Union and Roma National Congress have worked to transform the scattered Roma into a cohesive political force. Nevertheless, the Roma remain fragmented and continue to face social exclusion, extreme poverty and discrimination.