The Man Who Stopped the Freeze
Dani Dayan, head of Israel’s settler lobby, Yesha, has successfully kept another settlement freeze—and peace talks—off the table. But can this mild-mannered former software tycoon...
Can Israel’s Electoral System Be Fixed?
Try as he might, David Ben-Gurion could not reform Israel’s electoral system, which gives extraordinary power to small parties. Today, a new generation of reformers...
New Poll Explains Why Obama Won the Jewish Vote
The majority of American Jewish voters believes that government regulation of business is necessary to protect the public interest and expressed a desire to reduce...
Gilad Shalit to Lone Soldiers: “I Admire Your Courage.”
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hamas and returned in a 2011 prisoner exchange, met with lone soldiers in Jerusalem today, calling...
Noble Books
Nine Nobel laureates reflect on their favorite classic and contemporary Jewish books
“I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought...
Morsi’s Anti-Semitic Slurs: What They Really Mean
The White House went on the offensive and condemned Egypt after videos of president Mohamed Morsi’s anti-Semitic slurs went public.
In the videos, Morsi described Israelis...
The Jewish Book Council Announces 2012 Winners
The Jewish Book Council announced its selections for the 2012 National Jewish Book Award winners.
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York...
Anxiety and the Jews: Woody Allen on Hypochondria
Woody Allen, who made a career out of the anxiety-ridden Jew from New York, takes to the pages of the New York Times this week...
Fiction // A Beggar’s Place
This story is the second-place winner of the 2011 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize authors...
The Spicy Tale of India’s Jewish Cuisine
Palak paneer, chana masala and the egregiously treif-sounding butter chicken may not scream “Jewish” and were highly unlikely to grace your grandmother’s holiday table. But...
Israel’s Man of the Hour Naftali Bennett Talks to Moment: From Our Archives
Naftali Bennett, one of the fast rising stars in Israeli politics, is poised to capture between 14 and 17 seats in the coming Israeli elections,...
Ask the Rabbis // What Does Judaism Say about Immigration?
In Israel or America, in our homeland or dispersion, we are immigrants and the children of immigrants.