Israel’s Other Fires
The fires, Israeli politicians insisted, were the result of Arab terror. With no justification, they cast collective blame.
MOMENT LIVE: Donald Trump and the Future of Israel
In a Trump administration, what’s the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship? Read excerpts from Moment’s conversation with Aaron David Miller.
Opinion // Donald Trump and the Diaspora
Jews who are one-issue voters hurt Israel, as well as America.
Israel’s “Partly Free” Press
Earlier this year, the American advocacy nonprofit Freedom House demoted Israel from “free” to “partly free” in its annual press freedom rankings. Israel’s problems in this arena aren’t new, they say—but they’re getting worse.
“An Uneasy Union” Update: Couple to Marry Thanks to Rabbinate’s Change of Heart
Photo and story by Eetta Prince-Gibson.
Our November/December cover story “An Uneasy Union” explained why, in Israel’s thriving democracy, marriage and divorce remain under the authority...
What’s it Like to Run the NYT’s Most-Reviled Bureau? We Asked Ethan Bronner
Think your job is tough? Try running the Jerusalem bureau of The New York Times.
Modern Hebrew: The Epic Transformation of a Language
While teaching modern Hebrew in England and the United States, Norman Berdichevsky got a shock. Many of his students, he found, “were unable to utter...
Amidst Crisis, Parents Try To Do What’s Best
Longtime Moment contributor Ilene Prusher, a mother of two and veteran journalist covering the war for Haaretz and TIME, talks to Moment about the challenges facing parents and children in a battlezone.
Mourners Come Together Over Slain Israeli Teenagers
It’s a rare scene: Hundreds of Jews, sitting quietly in a synagogue chapel, turn their attention to a women dressed in a black robe and colored sash. As she steps onto the bimah of the congregation, the filled sanctuary falls silent as she offers her condolences.
Internet Round-Up: Who Does #BringBackOurBoys Really Help?
International shock and anger resounded after last week’s kidnapping of three Israeli youths in the West Bank, widely attributed to Hamas and deemed a “despicable...
World’s Largest Shabbat Tonight in Tel Aviv
Like many Jews, Victoria Kimerling plans to celebrate the end of a long workweek by sitting down to a traditional Shabbat meal. But unlike most traditional Shabbat meals, Kimerling will spend this one with 2,000 of her closest friends.
Israeli Press: Freest in the Middle East, but Truly Free?
by Rachel E. Gross
Freedom House
Recently, one of our readers noticed something strange at Washington, DC’s Newseum. Standing in front of the World Press Freedom Map—the...