Opinion Interview | Are Pro-Trump Jews Moving On?
As 2022 ushers in a new political cycle, the relationship between former president Donald Trump and his supporters in the Jewish community—a minority, but a passionate and often influential one—seems set to enter a new and more complicated phase.
Beshert | Encounter in Eilat
I heard a female voice, a voice that seemed to be addressing me. “Hi, how are you today?” It was, to my astonishment, the sabra from the hotel lobby.
Talk of the Table | The Satisfying Sweetness of Dates
When I need a sweet, satisfying nibble, I often pick up a date.
Jewish Word | Shmita: A Sabbath for the Land—and Ourselves
Flapping proudly in fallow fields, large green and yellow banners in rural Israel proclaim: Kan Shomrim Shmita (“Here We Keep Shmita”).
Dispatch from Colleyville: Making Sense of the Synagogue Attack
Colleyville has attained the type of fame it had never wished for. Now etched in American Jewish collective memory alongside Pittsburgh, PA and Poway, CA, the town has become yet another reminder of the dangers still facing Jews in America, and of the fact that these dangers are on the rise.
The Kings and Rothschilds: Working Together for Civil Rights with Janice Rothschild Blumberg and Nadine Epstein
Janice Rothschild Blumberg and her husband Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, whose synagogue in Atlanta was bombed by white supremacists in 1958, were close friends with Coretta Scott King and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, working together championing civil rights.
Janice Rothschild Blumberg and Moment’s editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein are in conversation about Dr. King’s and Rabbi Rothschild’s partnership that brought the Black and Jewish communities of Atlanta together in the pursuit of justice against racism and antisemitism. Rothschild will share personal anecdotes and also talk about her soon to be released book What’s Next?: Southern Dreams, Jewish Deeds and the Challenge of Looking Back while Moving Forward.
This Tu B’Shevat, A Call to Invest in Climate Action
“The focus of the fest this year was about investing in solutions, and pulling away from supporting the systems that perpetuate the problem,"
Congressman Jamie Raskin: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy in Conversation with Amy E. Schwartz
Jamie Raskin, a father, Congressman and Constitutional law professor, began 2021 grief stricken after the painful loss of his son, Tommy, to suicide. Just seven days later he experienced the horrific events of the Capitol insurrection on January 6 and then led the impeachment effort of President Donald Trump. Congressman Raskin details the first 45 days of 2021 that forever changed him and his family in his just released memoir Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy. Congressman Raskin is in conversation with Amy E. Schwartz, Moment’s Book & Opinion Editor.
From the Newsletter | Remembering Suzanne Singer and Her Work
Moment Magazine mourns the death of former Moment executive editor Suzanne Singer, who died January 1, age 86, in her apartment in Baka, Jerusalem.
A Headstone for Zach
People told us that it would get better, the grief. But how was this different from forgetting?
Remembering Suzanne Singer (1936-2022)
Moment mourns the death of former Moment executive editor Suzanne Singer, who died January 1, age 86 in her apartment in Baka, Jerusalem.
From the Archives | An Inheritance of Words
This article was originally published in the August 2006 issue of Moment.
Lately, I've been thinking about words—my words—those that may be a piece of me...