Jeremy Corbyn and the Jewdas Seder
The Labor Party leader continues to disappoint and alienate British Jews.
Rebels in Uniform
Why more young Orthodox women are serving in the IDF.
Foods to Celebrate Israeli Independence Day
With Israeli Independence Day coming up on May 14, we spoke with food writer and chef Vered Guttman about how to prepare for the holiday, the best foods to celebrate with—and which Israeli dishes she misses the most.
The Danger of Polarizing Anti-Semitism
Don’t let this old-new prejudice become a weapon in partisan politics.
Unravelling the Words of an Unlikely Villain
In seeking purity, do we risk missing the bigger picture?
Great Love Stories from the Holocaust
It is easy to find love in a beautiful place. But to find love in the shadow of death is most remarkable. And remarkable were the young Jews who, caught in the Holocaust, held onto life in ghettos, forests, transit camps, slave labor camps and death camps.
Persecuted In Pakistan
Accused of blasphemy for practicing—or even affirming—their faith, Ahmadis still cling to the country they helped establish.
Ask The Rabbis | Has Israel Changed Judaism?
“When Jews gathered as religious communities, we didn't have to tolerate significant differences: When we disagreed, we just founded a new synagogue with the like-minded....
Talk of the Table | Seven Dishes for Seven Decades
The long tradition of Jewish food, wrote culinary historian Gil Marks, has always been one of “transforming and transferring,” and Israeli food is no exception....
Seven Decades of Israeli Art
To mark the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, Moment asks curators from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Ben-Gurion University to choose outstanding works of art from each decade.
From The Editor | May/June 2018
On my way to the gleaming airport named after him, I wondered what David Ben-Gurion and his fellow pioneers—Israel’s greatest generation—would think of their country today.
At the University of Maryland, Critics Boycott Israel Fest
Tempestuous wind wasn’t the only thing challenging the University of Maryland’s Israel Fest on April 19.