Visual Moment | All Eyes on Kafka
Three concurrent exhibitions—in New York, Israel and Germany—mark the centennial of Kafka’s death and celebrate his art.
Book Review | Kiss Me, I’m Irish and Jewish!
The two million Eastern European Jews who migrated to the United States between 1870 and the outbreak of World War I had been preceded by smaller movements of Jews to America: in colonial times, hundreds of Sephardim who fled Inquisitions; later, tens of thousands of Central European, mostly German, Jews who came, saw and prospered phenomenally in the middle of the 19th century.
Live From Tamiment
The Jewish summer resort in the Poconos served as a boot camp for Broadway and launched some of the biggest names in mid-century American entertainment.
Interview | Laziza Dalil on Teaching Moroccan Jewish Heritage
The vice president and cofounder of the Mimouna Association, which started as a club on her university campus in Morocco, on the importance of shared community.
Who Will Lead the Priestesses?
On the evening of July 20, members of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute found an unexpected email from Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Mâ Shere in their inboxes.
From the Newsletter | A Wise Person Once Said…What Exactly?
“Listening is much more important than speaking.” Participants in Moment’s Wisdom Project, which highlights stories of those lucky enough to have lived long Jewish lives, share their words of wisdom and pieces of advice as the year comes to an end.
From the Newsletter | Shana Tova! Let’s See the Fruits!
It’s the season of return—literally.
Earlier this week, making plans to schlep the family back to the New York shul I grew up in, as we...
Beshert | “B,” as in Beshert
When I started dating less than two weeks after Carol, my wife of 31 years, suddenly and tragically passed away, I knew this was not how a grieving spouse was supposed to behave.
From 2007 | Lost in India
At times I feel like I am not among Jews but impostors meticulously reading from a script. At other times, their utter faith makes me question my own.
Sanctuary and Humiliation: The Wartime Haven in Shanghai
Although the Shanghai ghetto was in one of the most dilapidated parts of the city, it was totally unlike the Nazi ghettos of Europe.
Beshert | Shedding Our Flak Jackets
After years of reporting from war zones, it seemed beshert that Yael Lavie would have no beshert—until she met Oded Toury.
Montana Rep (And Rabbi) Confronts Christian Lawmakers after Invocation Cancellation
Rep. Ed Stafman believes that Republicans in the Montana legislature singled him out not because he’s a Jew, but because he’s the wrong kind of Jew.