Israel’s Other Fires
The fires, Israeli politicians insisted, were the result of Arab terror. With no justification, they cast collective blame.
The Great Hanukkah Clanging
Hanukkah was really only about one thing when I was growing up. It wasn’t the presents—they were generally small and unexciting...
Gelt-y Pleasures for All Ages
In the story of Hanukkah—the cruel reign of Antiochus, the unlikely victory of Mattathias and his sons, the one cruse of sacred oil left in the plundered Temple that burned for eight days—there is no mention of money.
‘They Put the Government on Trial’: Reflections From Nelson Mandela’s Attorney
“To say that in front of a government-appointed judge at a time like that, in 1963, was a pretty bold statement to make when you're on trial for your life.”
Comedy From Across the Pond
Andy Zaltzman loves a good pun. Actually, the 42-year-old British Jewish comedian can rarely stop at just one.
Book Review // Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism and Delegitimizing Israel
At the end of the 19th century, European liberals and Zionists developed diametrically opposite strategies for dealing with the menace posed by anti-Semitism...
Israel and I: A Love/Hate Relationship
The Donald Trump victory is not only highly distressing to me as an American; it is troublesome because it portends to render peace in my beloved Israel more distant than ever.
Book Review // Moonglow
Michael Chabon’s first published works, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and A Model World, were realist, lovely and a little dull with caution. Chabon himself describes his early work as “plotless and sparkling with epiphanic dew,”
SPONSORED: Jewish Heritage in the Czech Republic
Every stone in Old Prague speaks three languages: Czech, German and Hebrew, the languages of the three nations who have lived there together for more than 1,000 years.
Fiction // Turboatom
I wanted to tell my father that the fish salad was shining, but he was asleep, calling my name in long somniloquous moans. I stood at his bedside, the shape of our room made visible by the scarce lights of the Marshal Zhukov Street. Slava! My name rose from his lungs...
My Very Own Leonard Cohen
On some level I truly believed that if Leonard knocked on my door and said, "Come away with me now," I'd have gone.
MOMENT LIVE: Donald Trump and the Future of Israel
In a Trump administration, what's the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship? Read excerpts from Moment's conversation with Aaron David Miller.