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04 Mar

2016 March-April

From the Editor // March/April 2016

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Nadine Epstein

May 9, 2017

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Not long ago, I visited dear old friends for dinner and, over dessert, fell into a conversation with their daughter, whom I have known since she was born. She recently graduated from college and is an artist and activist who participated in the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death of Michael Brown.

06 Jan

2016 January-February

From the Editor

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Nadine Epstein

May 10, 2017

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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...

03 Mar

2015 March-April

From the Editor // March/April 2015

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Nadine Epstein

May 26, 2017

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The ground is lurching beneath the feet of European Jews, with anti-Semitism rising up around them. We American Jews are rightly concerned at this alarming turn of events. We fear the spread of this new, especially virulent form of anti-Semitism to our own shores. We feel disgusted but helpless. What can we do?

01 Jan

2015 January-February, Jewish World

From the Editor | January/February 2015

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Nadine Epstein

May 30, 2017

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Moment Magazine is 40 years old. Even though I knew our 40th year would soon be upon us, just reading it gives me a thrill! The number 40 has special significance in Judaism. The Jews wandered in the wilderness of the Sinai desert for 40 years before they were deemed worthy to enter Israel...

30 Aug

2013 September-October, From the Editor, Israel

From the Editor

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Nadine Epstein

June 1, 2017

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As we enter the year 5774 on the Jewish calendar, I find myself thinking about where the world was 100 years ago

2013 May-June, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

From the Editor

Posted by

Nadine Epstein

May 31, 2017

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The Jewish people are time-tested “experts” when it comes to prejudice. Over millennia, we have experienced its many manifestations, from subtle to life threatening. Volumes...

03 Jan

2013 January-February, Jewish World

From the Editor | January/February 2013

Posted by

Nadine Epstein

May 30, 2017

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Anxiety is not exclusively a Jewish trait, although as a people long subject to persecution, we continue to pass it on to our children. ranitidine 150...

2012 July-August, Issues, Jewish World

From the Managing Editor

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Sarah Breger

July 4, 2023

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I was nervous when I answered the phone call from Bennett Greenspan, president and CEO of the genetic testing company Family Tree DNA. As part...

2012 January-February, Issues

From the Editor

Posted by

Nadine Epstein

June 1, 2017

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My mother, Ruth Epstein, now nearly 87, worked her way up from volunteer to executive director at our Jewish Community Center in Deal, New Jersey....

2011 March-April, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish World

From the Editor

Posted by

Nadine Epstein

June 1, 2017

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Nearly three years ago, I met a 90-year-old woman from Cleveland named Eva Rosenberg who told me her story—and that of her late husband Milton...

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2011 July-August, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

From the Editor

Posted by

Nadine Epstein

August 9, 2017

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Why is Moment, a magazine of Jewish politics, culture and religion, devoting space to the Roma, especially when there are so many issues of direct interest to the Jewish people to explore?