2012 Emerging Writers
Meet Johanna Adorján and Adam Schwartz,
winners of Moment's annual Emerging
Writer awards celebrating up-and-coming
literary voices.
Fiction winner Adam Schwartz
Adam Schwartz is a senior lecturer of creative writing...
Poem // 3AM Nign
3AM Nign
she sang as if looking through the magnifying glass
lullaby’s every heave,
a thesis on slowing down, peeling –
each note, a pit assessing its fullness
lullaby’s underside,
hymn...
Jewish Politicians Weigh In on the Abortion Debate
Earlier this week, former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) reassured Jewish voters in Ohio that women’s abortion rights would remain intact should Mitt Romney win the...
Moment’s Halloween Edition!
A Halloween Sneak Peek
For Halloween, get a special preview of Moment’s November/December issue and read about dybbuks, spirits of the dead that haunt the living....
Jewish Word // Dybbuk
A Ghost from Our Past
by Sala Levin
Fans of the film-making, Minnesota-bred brothers Joel and Ethan Coen were transported back to the old country in the...
Romney and Iran: The Ties That Bind
The National Jewish Democratic Council is going on the offensive in the final days before the election with the launch of a site that documents...
From the Editor
Is satire educational or does it lead to a shallow understanding of current affairs? Does it weaken the power of news or replace it?
Has the state of American politics become so dire that we can only laugh (despairingly) about it?
Do you speak Jewish?
A new online Jewish English dictionary has been launched in an attempt to aggregate the distinctive words used by English-speaking Jews. The site, Jewish English...
Does the Jewish Vote Matter?
President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney square off tonight for their third and final debate in the heavily Jewish city of Boca Raton,...
Can Christmas Be Kosher?
by Daniela Enriquez
Every year, Jews face the “December dilemma”—what to do on Christmas? Or, is it okay to do something? In his book A Kosher Christmas,...
K-Pop makes aliyah
K-Pop has made aliyah.
Gangnam Style, the musical hit from Korean rapper Psy, has come to Israel with a Jerusalem version.
The Israeli version of the catchy...
Arrests at the Western Wall
Anat Hoffman, leader of Women of the Wall, was arrested last night while praying and singing the Shema with a Hadassah group at the Western...