Sarah Breger
Azaria entered the courtroom with an in-your-face smile, mugging for the cameras, acting more like a superstar than a soldier convicted of manslaughter. His mother was wearing blue and white nail polish, the letters on each nail spelling out “mother’s hero.”
Sarah Breger
Susan Wolfe
Tikkun olam promises much and demands comparatively little in the way of sacrifice. This is its greatest strength and, perhaps, its major weakness.
The fires, Israeli politicians insisted, were the result of Arab terror. With no justification, they cast collective blame.
In a Trump administration, what’s the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship? Read excerpts from Moment’s conversation with Aaron David Miller.
Jews who are one-issue voters hurt Israel, as well as America.
Ellen Wexler
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.
Rachel Gross
Rachel Gross
Think your job is tough? Try running the Jerusalem bureau of The New York Times.
Rachel Gross
Rachel Gross
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.
Rachel Gross
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.
