Jewish Word | Diaspora: Blessing or Curse?
Born in polemic, the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’ has fluctuated.
Poems | This Is My Mother’s House; On the Day of Atonement
What poetry can offer—image by image—is different from, and more intimate than, knowledge.
Visual Moment | KEY to 50 Years, 50 Noted American Jews in the Arts
Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum) Berlin, Germany; designed by Daniel Liebeskind
A Passover Haggadah; drawings by Leonard Baskin
Wrap dress; designed by Diane von Furstenberg
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After NYC Mayoral Upset, What Kind of Bellwether Will NJ Governor’s Race Be?
Jewish voters in New Jersey are wondering where the candidates will meet them on issues of importance to the Jewish community.
Beyond Allyship: Black and Jewish Futures with Van Jones, Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein
Van Jones, CNN political commentator and founder of Exodus Leadership Forum sits down with The Wide River Project to discuss the next chapter in Black Jewish relations—one rooted in courage, complexity and the fight for real, shared power.
From 1975 | Mazal Tov?
The constriction of the Jewish vocabulary is nowhere more apparent than in the status of mazal tov as the sole surviving congratulatory phrase of Jewish interchange.
From 1975 | Jacob Schiff and My Uncle Ben Daynovsky
And who is Jacob Schiff that he should be embarrassed by my Uncle Ben Daynovsky?
Tears and Laughter: How Israelis Are Handling a Second War with Eetta Prince Gibson and Amy E. Schwartz
Join Moment Israel Editor Eetta Prince-Gibson for a conversation about how Israelis are faring and examples of how they are using parody—in TV skits, social media memes and more—to laugh at some of the absurd things happening as well the very real consequences of war with Iran.
From 1975 | Pride and Paradox: An Exchange of Letters
As part of Moment's 50th anniversary coverage, we're republishing content from the first issue, May/June 1975. This piece features on exchange of letters between professors Shlomo Avineri and...
From 1975 | Jews and the Science Fiction Problem
The more things change, the more Jews remain the same; while the more Jews change, the more things remain the same.
From 1975 | Fein on Percy
His statement had caused so much consternation in the Jewish community, the statement whose central aspect dealt with Arafat's "moderation."