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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Keith Thomas’s new horror movie The Vigil centers around a night of shmirah, the act of guarding a dead body

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The pivotal moment is when Esther decides to come unbidden before the king. She asks the eunuch Hegai for a

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Stan Lee is credited as the creator of Marvel Comics and the ever-expanding MCU. But the story of his life and work is more complex. ...
The cast, director, and playwright of Hitler’s Tasters share excerpts from their award-winning play, a dark comedy about a group of young women who have the opportunity to die for their country every day as Adolf Hitler’s food tasters. Playwright Michelle Kholos Brooks is also in conversation with Holocaust historian ...

For some younger, hipper members of the hat-conscious, ultra-Orthodox crowd, the old black is also the new black. But in

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From lifestyle to question-and-answer to interviews to couples therapy, these podcasts will make you laugh out loud. ...

New Yorkers of a certain age remember Sonny Fox as the ruggedly handsome, dimple-chinned TV host of Wonderama and Just

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On the surface, Netflix’s Bridgerton does not seem like the type of show “nice Jewish boys and girls” should be

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Film editor Dina Gold reviews the recent Latvian film "The Sign Painter." The film won four awards at the Latvian National Film Festival. ...
From the early beginnings of TV in the 1940s, Jews have been at the forefront of shaping the television landscape. Join television historians Walter J. Podrazik and Harry Castleman for a walk down memory lane and learn about the fascinating characters who started CBS, NBC and ABC as well as ...
Some of us are lucky. We can swim in a lake. We can walk on a dirt road. ...
Last month, The New York Times published a piece called “Saying Goodbye to Hanukkah.” ...