The Conversation

I simply cannot thank you enough for the extensive insights into the life, mind and writings of Viktor Frankl. ...

Jewish Word | Chaver: Friend or Lover?

“What are we, exactly?” ...

Poem | The Poem’s Journey

Remembering Myra Sklarew and her poem "The Poem's Journey" which was published in Moment half a century ago. ...

Visual Moment | The Secret Life of an Art Deco Diva

“She always understood the power of an image.” ...
Carlin Romano reviews "On Settler Colonialism" and "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza."

Book Review | Israel Doesn’t Fit Your Frameworks

Is it possible to be evenhanded in discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or the Israeli-Hamas war? ...
This Passover, Try Inquisition Soup

Talk of the Table | This Passover, Try Inquisition Soup

The Inquisition tried to expose Crypto-Jews through their food—the dishes they prepared, the foods they avoided and food-related rituals. ...

Spice Box | “Cash for Flesh”

“Cash for flesh.” ...
Robert Siegel reviews "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America," by Clay Risen.

Book Review | It’s All Happened Here

“Red Scare” doesn’t describe a country devoted to free speech and willing to fight for the right of others to express dissenting opinions. ...

Ask the Rabbis | Does Jewish Law Require that Hostages be Redeemed Regardless of Cost?

“There is barely a mitzvah more urgent than the redemption of captives.” ...

What Does it Mean to Be Pro-Israel in 2025?

What does it mean to be pro-Israel in 2025? It’s easier to think of some of the things it does not mean. ...

How Do Young American Jews Define Being Pro-Israel?

Having seen anti-Israel outrage up close, these twentysomething Jewish Americans express a mix of hope, grief and high expectations for the Jewish homeland. ...

From the Editor | Dinner with the 1947 Partition Plan

Plan in hand, Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein is struck that she is holding the origin document of the two-state solution. ...