From the Editor
by Nadine Epstein
Late in the afternoon of Friday, November 13, I was in our Washington, DC office finalizing details for Moment’s 40th anniversary celebration at...
Opinion // The Victimhood Olympics
On a recent visit to America,I found myself one Shabbat morning in a large suburban shul. During the Torah service, after one of the aliyot, the rabbi gave a brief talk. He started by noting that it was the anniversary of Kristallnacht and ended by stressing the importance of the Holocaust to “our identity."
Opinion // An Israeli in Paris
“So, you’re probably not coming...” my daughter said with a mixture of fear and resignation...
Opinion // Jews, Guns & Evangelicals
Evangelical Christians who don’t support guns deserve and need our support.
Q&A: Israel and the Affirmative Action Debate
An interview with Sigal Alon, associate professor at Tel Aviv University and the author of Race, Class, and Affirmative Action.
A Granddaughter’s Shocking Discovery
by Emily Shwake
Rita Gabis comes from two identities: Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. For much of Gabis’s life, these two families stayed separate. It...
Synagogues to Scale: “Modeling the Synagogue” at Yeshiva University Museum
When New York’s Yeshiva University Museum first opened its doors in April 1973, its core collection consisted of a series of ceremonial objects recovered from Nazi Europe and a striking collection of ten accurately rendered, intricately detailed scale models of historic synagogues. Now, for the first time in nearly three decades, all ten models are once more on display.
Jewish Word // Gentile
In the early 20th century, Jews continued to use “goy” when speaking among themselves, but “gentile” became the word of choice in public discourse.
Book Review // Alexandrian Summer
The recent English-language publication of Yitzhak Gormezano Goren's Alexandrian Summer, writes Juliana Maio, attests to the fact that the story of the Jews of the Arab world, long neglected, is ready to be heard.
Of Song Sheets and Latkes
"Why does the mother persist with the song sheets and the records? No one knows the answer. But still, she passes them out, and still they groan, and in the meantime, the songs work their way into the brain circuitry of the children."
Terrorism, BDS and Iran Dominate RJC Forum
The Republican presidential candidates came ready to brandish their Israel-friendly credentials at an all-day forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition Thursday.
Fiction // Summer is For People
Lev returns from the park eager for breakfast. He pulls his chair across the tired linoleum and calls out, “Won’t you join me? Your show can wait.” He hates the way he sounds, like a grown man coaxing a cat from a tree...