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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Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother’s Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind By Julie Metz Atria

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Love her or hate her, one thing is clear: Julia Haart, the 50-year-old self-described ultra-Orthodox Jew turned fashion mogul and

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In 1976, Moment wrote about Jewish comics’ rise from obscurity into mainstream American media and the role comedy has played in Jewish life. ...

Shiva Baby Released April 2, 2021 (USA) 1 hour 17 minutes Directed by Emma Seligman Neon Heart Productions Comedy, English

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Borscht Belt humor walks a narrow line between good jokes and bad taste. Alexander Wohl analyzes this sometimes off-color Jewish humor. ...
In 1979 Time magazine, the quintessential barometer of American life, told the nation that even though Jews made up only 3 percent of the population, 80 percent of America's working comedians were Jewish. ...

That morning broke just as beautifully as the two days before. Having celebrated—the shouts called us out from wherever we

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Own a piece of history! This was what the listing for the “Solomon Cohen House,” built in 1875, urged prospective buyers to do. ...
In her latest film review, Dina Gold discusses Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog, which opened in movie theaters on May 28. ...
Simcha was the man who sold air from the Holy Land, not to be confused with those unimaginative con artists who sold oil from the Oily Land or water from the Dead Sea. ...