Opinion | Zionism Is Still Alive—Here’s Why
No, dear and esteemed Nadine Epstein, my sister in so many values and beliefs and insights into Jewish identity, you cannot change reality by killing...
A New Front in the Boycott Wars
On a cold but sunny January morning, two protesters stand outside a Tatte Bakery & Café location in Washington, DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood.
The Word Zionism Is Dead
I am editor-in-chief of a magazine with a great Jewish legacy, and I have never once in my life used the terms Zionist or anti-Zionist to describe myself or anyone else.
From 1975 | Pride and Paradox: An Exchange of Letters
As part of Moment's 50th anniversary coverage, we're republishing content from the first issue, May/June 1975. This piece features on exchange of letters between professors Shlomo Avineri and...
From 1975 | A Song for Women in Five Questions
Thus, coming late into feminism, Jewish women were advantaged by the fact that many Jewish men had already achieved a raised consciousness, had returned to a Jewish ethnic base and had become interested in the spiritual side of life, even insofar as they might be willing to alter a form for the sake of a more perfect substance.
Moment’s Top Stories of 2024
As we come to the end of this challenging year, Moment takes a look back at the stories that shaped the American Jewish conversation in 2023. From our coverage of Israeli democracy to American politics to the E-Street Band, here are Moment’s most-read stories 2023.
My Grandmother, A Zionist Who Died as She Lived
It was a bonding experience, both sweet and sad, like all loss.
Why Do Campus Protesters Want to #DropHillel?
“Drop Hillel” states its goals as exposing Hillel as being explicitly Zionists, building alternative, non-Zionist campus organizations and delegitimizing Hillel as an authority on antisemitism.
From 2004 | Break-Fast on Cyprus
The British allowed us to visit the seashore on the eve of Yom Kippur so we could purify ourselves for the Day of Atonement.
What Is Zionism?
An imaginary Zionist and anti-Zionist sit down to engage in a civil conversation about Israel, Zionism, and the future.
Israel: Voices and Visions
As part of Moment’s Israel Vision Project, I’ve talked with about 70 Israelis from diverse backgrounds and from different points on the political and religious...
From Theodor Herzl to David Ben-Gurion: Humanist Zionism Lives on Today with Fania Oz-Salzberger and Sarah Breger
Fania Oz-Salzberger discusses Theodor Herzl’s and David Ben Gurion’s vision of Zionism, what it means to be a humanist Zionist today and shares her concerns about some other Zionist strains.