Sheldon Adelson’s newspaper, Israel Hayom, changed the course of Israeli politics and moved the country further right. Will the hard-charging casino magnate have the same luck in Las Vegas? ...

2017 July-August, Ask the Rabbis, Religion

Ask the Rabbis | What Is the Jewish Relationship to Time?

by Amy E. Schwartz

INDEPENDENT: Time is an invitation. Both words share the same root: z’mahn. It is written: “The life of man is like a breath exhaling; his days are like a passing shadow” (Psalms 144:4). ...

2017 July-August, Uncategorized

Opinion | Would a President Pence Be Good for the Jews?

by Judith Lynn Failer

The vice president’s Indiana track record provides clues. ...

2017 July-August, Israel, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

Opinion | Waiting for Gadot

by Letty Cottin Pogrebin

Wonder Woman alone can’t make Israel ‘normal.’ ...

2017 July-August, Culture, History, Opinion

Opinion | Are Jews Historical Artifacts in Europe?

by Naomi Ragen

The future of Europe’s dwindling Jewish communities is bleak. ...

2017 July-August, Opinion

Opinion | A Good Deal Doesn’t Have to Be ‘Beautiful’

by Shmuel Rosner

But can President Trump and his special Middle East envoys accept anything less? ...

2017 July-August, From the Editor, Opinion

From The Editor | July/August 2017

by Nadine Epstein

A few days after we finished Moment’s last issue, I got on a plane to China, a country I had never visited. There is so much to say about China. To begin with, it is no longer the shattered country I studied in college in the years following Mao’s death ...