Art, Culture & Music
Living, reading, watching and listening Jewishly—that’s the crux of Moment’s Arts & Culture section. Here you can find book reviews, poetry, fiction, art and music. Don’t miss our fantastic interviews with artists and musicians.
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During the Red Scare and Hollywood blacklist period of the late 1950s, thousands of Americans, many of them Jews, were persecuted for their political beliefs, imperiling democracy. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Frankel, author of three books exploring the making of iconic American movies, including Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, ...
The world of Bridgerton, with its focus on gossip and knowledge, is very reminiscent of the Jewish dating scene in the Orthodox world. ...
Joshua Harmon’s new play Prayer for the French Republic draws us into the life of a French Jewish family struggling to decide whether it is safe to remain in the country they have called home for generations. ...
Gentileschi, recognized as the finest female artist of the 17th century, developed a reputation for depicting women, particularly figures from the Bible and classical mythology. ...
Grandma style may be a better bet if you live in the Northeast or Midwest. A home-style barrel smoker has
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Five years after singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen’s death, his lyrics and legacy still speak to us with special urgency. Marcia Pally, author of From This Broken Hill I Sing to You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen, and Erica Jong, author of Fear of Flying, is in ...
“Ethan, it’s far past time you took a class with Faye. I’ve already told her you’ll be there.” ...
Art Spiegelman is one of several Jewish authors to have a book banned in recent decades. ...
After her fallout with Shy Baldwin at the end of Season 3, the two-part Season 4 premiere still refuses to make Midge the villain of her own show. ...
Xueta Island is both a riveting portrayal of Rotstein’s quest to unearth and document Majorca’s rich, and tragic, Jewish history and an inspirational glimpse into attempts to revive Jewish life on the island. ...
Said to be on the back of a photo found in a German soldier’s album, these words have attached themselves to the image itself. ...
Barbara Goldberg’s poetry has always displayed an insatiable appetite for grief and desire. ...