Moment’s Top Stories of 2024
As we come to the end of this challenging year, Moment takes a look back at the stories that shaped the American Jewish conversation in 2023. From our coverage of Israeli democracy to American politics to the E-Street Band, here are Moment’s most-read stories 2023.
Belgium’s Jews Are Thinking of Moving Where?
Sharon S. Nazarian reports on antisemitism news as she travels the country and the world advocating for Jewish communities and combating prejudice and hate.
Is Biden the Last Democratic Zionist President?
Biden added another staple to his Jewish speeches: “I’m a Zionist.”
Responsive TEST
In 1970, as a young, new ABD (all but dissertation) English professor at San Francisco State, I was asked by the department’s then chair and...
Opinion | Bibi on Trial or on Stage?
It remains to be seen if the trial against Netanyahu will continue to divide the Israeli public and undermine its belief in Israel’s legal system.
What I Learned from Teaching Black Literature
In the late 1960s, Jewish professor Michael Krasny stepped in to teach Black Literature at San Francisco State University.
Q&A | Peter Wertheim on Antisemitism in Australia
"I think in the general Australian community now, there is a very clear sentiment emerging against the importation of the hatreds and the violent emotions of the any conflict overseas into Australia."
Interview | What Assad’s Fall Means for Syria and the Greater Middle East
Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein share aluable insights into the complex and rapidly evolving situation in Syria.
A Deep Dive into the Fall of al-Assad and the Implications for the Middle East with Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein
After 50 years of family rule, including 13 years of civil war, the people of Syria are celebrating, for now. What happened and how did it happen so quickly? What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—the rebel group that may emerge as the ruling party, who is its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Julani and will they be good for the Syrian people? What role did Israel play and what are the implications for the geopolitics of the region?
From the Newsletter | Reporting on Antisemitism Is Not ‘Opinion’
The professor told her that she needed to provide proof that she was Jewish.
Flavius Josephus, Lion Feuchtwanger and the Eternal Struggle with History
A USC exhibit pairs Flavius Josephs, the first-century chronicler of a doomed Jewish revolt, with Lion Feuchtwanger, the 20th-century German-Jewish novelist who fled Nazi persecution.
test An Imam on a Mission to Reclaim Islam from Conformity and Extremism Mohamad Jebara and Robert Siegel
Amichai Lau-Lavie and Sandi DuBowski are in conversation with Lau-Lavie’s longtime friend, journalist and writer Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, author of Theodore Bikel’s The City of Light, about the Sabbath Queen and what it means to be in the "messy middle."