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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stumbled on questions about Israel on a recent Pod Save America podcast.| Moment Magazine
Moment Editor Sarah Breger reflects on her father's lifelong curiosity, dedication to dialogue, and his enduring impact. The post Eulogy for My Father appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Marshall Breger gave Moment a legacy of thoughtful work mapping out a principled common ground between left and right that now seems almost imaginary. The post Remembering Marshall Breger z”l (1946-2025) appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Breger is a man of ideas—and his ideas are respected in the conservative circles in which he moves. By now, he has been on the job long enough for these qualities to be discovered. The post From the Archives | Marshall Breger and the Worst Job in Washington appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The Jewish community must extend to the Religious Right the same tolerance that Jews themselves expect and enjoy in American society. Only when Jews treat the Religious Right with respect can we demand pluralism and tolerance in return. The post From the Archives | Don’t Dismiss the Religious Right appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
An eyewitness account by a Jewish American living in a Palestinian village. The post The Killing of Awdah Hathaleen appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stumbled on questions about Israel on a recent Pod Save America podcast.| Moment Magazine
The charge of war crimes only requires that an actor intentionally or knowingly causes immense suffering as a matter of policy, which could implicate Israel's leaders and even its soldiers. The post Genocide Will Be Hard to Prove in Gaza. War Crimes May Be Another Story appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Providing support to ICE detainees and family members waiting to see them is just one way American Jews can step up. The post A Jewish Response to ICE: Lessons from an Occupied French Village appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Suddenly, there is a push to report on Gaza, but most reporters and editors still view it as siding with the enemy.| Moment Magazine
Let it sink in: A majority of Democratic senators are willing to stop a category of arms sales to Israel in the midst of its longest war. The post Dems Turn on Israel As Anger Over Gaza Grows appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Things seem to be changing fast in the Middle East. What does it all mean or portend?| Moment Magazine
On Tisha B’Av, as we remember the destruction of the past, we also sit with our present pain. In that stillness, music can be a companion. The post The Music of Mourning: Tisha B’Av and the Soundtrack of Grief appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
When Jewish leaders transgress your own personal ethics, it can shatter the bond to your faith. The post Jews and Moral Injury appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Join Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein, for a conversation about what’s behind these statements and changes and what do they really mean? The post Israel and Gaza: Change in the Wind <span class="zoominars_title">with Aaron David Miller and Nadine Epstein</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
It is a tried-and-true cinematic concept, because it is a universally common life event: meeting your significant other’s parents for The post Review | ‘Bad Shabbos’ Gets a Lot of Laughs Out of a Tried-and-True Scenario appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
From his first song to his last, Lehrer’s dark humor heaped derision on all things precious.| Moment Magazine
Rebuttals to Bartov's op-ed are flying fast and furious in the Jewish world. Some take higher roads than others.| Moment Magazine
A conversation about Louis Bannet’s life before, during and after the Holocaust and how jazz music saved his life.| Moment Magazine
Emily Schrader and Blake Flayton explain the basics of Israel and Judaism to students, but should the target audience be exclusively Jewish? The post Review | 10 Things Every Jew Should Know Before They Go To College appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
It is important to hone information literacy now, before falling victim to a new breed of fake news. The post AI Or Nay-I? 5 Tips for Spotting AI-Generated Fake News appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
I am more worried than I have ever been about the future of Israel,” says attorney Dorit Beinisch, former president of Israel’s Supreme Court, as well known in Israel as the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in the United States.| Moment Magazine
Israel's High Court of Justice's ruling against gender-based discrimination in rabbinic ordination exams fostered a sense of hope for women.| Moment Magazine
After all, if everyone drinks the same Coke, they can also share other interests and values. The sky is the limit.| Moment Magazine
Empathy is this latest hero's strength, but can the movie leap the anti-Israel criticism in a single bound? The post Film Review | Superman appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The array of talent seems endless. The post Visual Moment | 50 Years, 50 Noted American Jews in the Arts appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
How to cope when war reroutes your family simcha from Israel to Italy. The post Bar Mitzvah on the Fly appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
This war changed Israel’s sense of shelter, literally and figuratively. The post Gimme Shelter appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Nina Totenberg, NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent unpacks rulings ranging from the limits of presidential authority and the separation of church and state to the environment and LGBTQ rights, providing insight into what happened behind the scenes and what it all means for the future. The post The Supreme Court and its recent Decisions <span class="zoominars_title">with Nina Totenberg and Nadine Epstein</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Despite high hopes and media hype, Netanyahu’s trip to the White House yielded few results—while Israeli journalists were left out in the cold. The post B’Ivrit│From Hope to Headlines: How Israeli Media Oversold Netanyahu’s Washington Trip appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The latest Antisemitism Project newsletters covers the latest from Google's Sergey Brin, Elon Musk's Grok, alleged harassment of Jewish student at a Virginia private school, the NEA dropping the ADL and a synagogue attack in Australia. The post Grok Goes Off, Brin v. UN, Teachers Flunk ADL + More appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
During last month’s fighting between Israel and Iran, many Israeli families found themselves retreating to safe rooms or communal bomb shelters. The post Life in the Safe Room appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
If you can read this, you’re too close to mine. The post Spice Box | It’s Good for the Cows, but Is it Good for the Jews? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In 1975, our doors were open, and we were not suspicious of strangers. The post Ask the Rabbis | What Would <span style="color: #ff0000;">Astonish</span> a Time Traveler From 1975 About Your Denomination Today? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Plath is simply not in Larkin’s league of bigots. The post Essay | Sylvia Plath’s Private Jewish Problem appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Israel’s various conflicts have affected a vital pathway for many migratory birds. The post Migratory Birds in Wartime appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Lynne Olson, author of the new book The Sisterhood Of Ravensbrück: How an Intrepid Band of Frenchwomen Resisted the Nazis in Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp, for a conversation about these brave women, how they survived and the care they continued to give those who were part of the resistance after the war. The post The Power of Women at the All-Female Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany <span class="zoominars_title">with Lynne Olson and Amy E. Schwartz</span> appeared first on Momen...| Moment Magazine
Trump loved Netanyahu’s gesture, but it is an empty move. The post Five Quick Takes on the Trump-Netanyahu Meeting appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
After moving his mother, 92 and living with Alzheimer's, to a nursing home, a joyful transformation occurred. The post All She Wants to Do Is Dance appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
As a friend of his put it, “These were the works of a famous man, not a famous artist.” The post Artist Ben Shahn’s Nonconformity appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Moment readers respond. The post The Conversation at 50 appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
If you were a devotee of Jewish food and alive in 1975, you might remember...nothing much at all. The post Talk of the Table | Back to the Future: 50 Years of Jewish Food appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
To gauge the American Jewish mood and thinking at a time of turmoil in the United States, Moment conducted a survey of our readers earlier this year. The post Reader Survey appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Inspired by a true-crime story, We Would Never is the story of a close-knit Florida family who, in the wake of their daughter’s divorce, might (or might not) have hired a hit man to kill their ex-son-in-law. The post Advertising Supplement | Moment’s Summer Reading Guide appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In many ways Theodore Roosevelt was limited by the ideas of his times. The post Book Review | The Forgotten Bond Between Teddy and the Tribe appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Join award-winning filmmaker Oren Rudavsky for a conversation about Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and Rudavsky’s new film "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire." The post Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire <span class="zoominars_title">with Oren Rudavsky and Nadine Epstein</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Some moments change the future. The post Moments That Have Shaped American Judaism appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
For our 50th anniversary, we went back to the beginning. The post The Moment Time Capsule appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Moment cleaned up in Pittsburgh on Monday! The post Moment Wins 27 Rockower Awards! appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Born in polemic, the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’ has fluctuated. The post Jewish Word | Diaspora: Blessing or Curse? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
What poetry can offer—image by image—is different from, and more intimate than, knowledge. The post Poems | This Is My Mother’s House; On the Day of Atonement appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum) Berlin, Germany; designed by Daniel Liebeskind A Passover Haggadah; drawings by Leonard Baskin Wrap dress; The post Visual Moment | KEY to 50 Years, 50 Noted American Jews in the Arts appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Jewish voters in New Jersey are wondering where the candidates will meet them on issues of importance to the Jewish community. The post After NYC Mayoral Upset, What Kind of Bellwether Will NJ Governor’s Race Be? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
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. The post Beyond Allyship: Black and Jewish Futures <span class="zoominars_title">with Van Jones, Eric K. Ward and Nadine Epstein</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
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. The post From 1975 | Mazal Tov? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
And who is Jacob Schiff that he should be embarrassed by my Uncle Ben Daynovsky? The post From 1975 | Jacob Schiff and My Uncle Ben Daynovsky appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
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. The post Tears and Laughter: How Israelis Are Handling a Second War <span class="zoominars_title">with Eetta Prince Gibson and Amy E. Schwartz</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
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 The post From 1975 | Pride and Paradox: An Exchange of Letters appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The more things change, the more Jews remain the same; while the more Jews change, the more things remain the same. The post From 1975 | Jews and the Science Fiction Problem appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
His statement had caused so much consternation in the Jewish community, the statement whose central aspect dealt with Arafat's "moderation." The post From 1975 | Fein on Percy appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Kastnerr, first of all, was the only child of an inflexibly Orthodox German rabbi who kicked his son out of his house when he first discovered him studying the forbidden wisdom of the Greeks. The post From 1975 | A Classical Rebirth appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Apparently, the relatively limited coverage of the Catalog has in no way impeded sales; while it has all the trappings of a media event, the Catalog has been consistently overlooked or at best underplayed by the press, and has achieved its popularity by appealing directly to consumers in their local communities The post From 1975 | The Last Word on the Jewish Catalog appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Thus, coming late into feminism, Jewish women were advantaged by the fact that many Jewish men had already achieved a raised consciousness, had returned to a Jewish ethnic base and had become interested in the spiritual side of life, even insofar as they might be willing to alter a form for the sake of a more perfect substance. The post From 1975 | A Song for Women in Five Questions appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In recent years, Jewish political conservatism has been crystallized into identifiable, organizational structures. The post From 1975 | The New Jewish Right appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The fifth war: if it comes, will it be simply another round in the long duel between Arab and Jew fought over the old battlefields and for the old objectives, or will it be Armageddon, a confrontation between the superpowers that could set the world alight? No one, naturally, can say. What can be said with confidence is that another war will not be like the last The post From 1975 | Can Israel Win Another War? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
"Moment is, above all else, an invitation: an invitation to take Jewish possibilities seriously (but not soberly); an invitation to inquiry, to learning, to literature, to Jewish life richly conceived." The post From 1975 | Beginnings appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
So is it really over? Probably, but it is a messy and costly end. The post The 12-Day War appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In those days and nights of destiny, the solitude of the Jewish people was matched only by God's... We let them suffer alone, fight alone. And yet, and yet. They did not die alone—not quite— for something of all of us died with them. The post From 1975 | Remembering appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
We will dance again. The post Sunrise in Re’im: The Nova Festival Exhibition Comes to DC appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The longtime political journalist discusses the increasingly contentious (even for New York) politics surrounding Jewish voters and Zohran Mamdani. The post Q&A | Errol Louis on the NYC Mayoral Race appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Judge Tatel discusses the Supreme Court, his personal journey and why it took him so long to accept and eventually embrace the impact that being blind has had on his life and career. The post A View from the Bench: Blindness, Justice, and a Shifting Supreme Court <span class="zoominars_title">with Judge David Tatel and Amy E. Schwartz</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Missed opportunities at a few key junctures have festered for decades. The post Opinion | Five Moments that Shaped Israel appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
There was plenty of Bannon’s trademark bluster and anger on display. The post Trump’s Iran Dilemma: What Steve Bannon Told Me at Breakfast appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The most important change in Israel’s last 50 years is as visible to the naked eye as it is generally overlooked. The post Opinion | Israel’s Biggest Change Isn’t What You Think appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Sip it slowly, and live or relive this golden age—an era giddy with hope, a time of light. The post Book Review | A Golden Age Seen Through Its Icons appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
As Khamenei nears the end of his rule, his legacy is defined solely by a grip on power maintained through fear. The post The Strongman’s Sunset? Khamenei’s Reign of Fear appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In Israel right now, even a film festival feels like a front line. The post Docaviv 2025: Tel Aviv Film Festival Navigates Bans and Boycotts appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel discuss this game-changing moment. The post Q&A | The Israel-Iran Showdown appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Israelis woke up on Friday, June 13, to breathtaking news. The post Opinion | Israel Roars, Iran Keeps Rattling appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian discusses her thoughts about the current war with Israel, including the Jewish community still living in Iran, support for and against the current regime, what may happen in the coming weeks, as well as good international news sources to follow online. The post A Glimpse Inside Iran <span class="zoominars_title">with Sharon S. Nazarian and Nadine Epstein</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Join Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Moment contributor Robert Siegel, former NPR senior host of All Things Considered, for an in depth look at the raging Israel-Iran conflict and its ramifications for the region. The post The Iran-Israel Showdown: What Does it Mean for Israel and the Middle East <span class="zoominars_title">with Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Questions, doubts and any kind of polemic are left aside, at least for a while. The post B’Ivrit | Israeli Media Shifts to Public Service Mode, but Is All the Israel-Iran News True? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
We Jews are time travelers. The post Anniversary Essay | Time Traveling with Moment appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Let’s reserve the term for what it really means. The post Opinion | Don’t Cheapen ‘Antisemitism’ appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The news from Israel this morning was of yet another narrowly averted crisis, the threatened collapse of the governing coalition over attempts to put teeth in a bill that would compel Haredi participation in the IDF. The post Q&A: Ilan Berman on Iran, the Knesset and the Haredi Draft appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
I was born under FDR, and I’m determined not to die under DJT. The post Opinion | Tranquility Will Have to Wait appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The rest of us must diligently contest the all-too-real nightmare he and his apologists have unleashed. The post Opinion | Freedom for All? Trump Says Forget It appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Any minority group needs due process to protect it from mob psychology and vigilante justice. The post Moment Debate | Is Due Process Always Good For the Jews? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Happy Anniversary to Moment, and thank you to all our wonderful readers! The post From the Editor | Hop in the Time Machine appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
That the U.S. release date is finally here should provide a little sunlight in an otherwise dark historical conflict. The post Film Review | ‘Tatami’ appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
I came away feeling that this book ought to be read by all kinds of Jews. The post Book Review | Everything Matters: A Surprising Take on Spirituality, Ethics and Daily Life appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
“Don’t use antisemitism as an excuse to introduce controversial policies." The post Why Trump’s Terror Response Alarms Jews appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The damage to Israel’s society is incalculable. The post Analysis | Who Will Blink First, Israel or Hamas? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Targeting Jews will not free Palestine. The post Cheesecake and Conflict appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
This all begs the question of whether the appetite for “Jew, not a Jew” has less to do with the game than its players. The post Is ‘Jew/Not a Jew’ Anyone’s Game? appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
I got a lot of positive feedback from Israelis. The post An Israeli Journalist Reports from the Gulf appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Arie Kruglanski and Dan Raviv discuss how the need to feel significant shapes identity, justice, and global events— challenging us to find peaceful ways to satisfy that need. The post The Quest for Significance: What Truly Drives Human Behavior? <span class="zoominars_title">with Arie W. Kruglanski and Dan Raviv</span> appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Today, notwithstanding President Trump’s faltering approval numbers overall, he is rated higher on immigration than on any other issue. The post Good Immigrants, Bad Immigrants appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
Will their untimely deaths by the hands of a hate-driven terrorist change Washington’s young Jewish professional scene? The post A Strike at the Political Heart of Jewish America appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
A conversation with author Richard Michelson about the importance of Jewish literature and how he shapes and passes on stories of American Jewish life. The post Passing on Stories of Jewish Heritage, Culture and Identity <span class="zoominars_title">with Richard Michelson and Amy E. Schwartz appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
MAY 22, 2025, WASHINGTON, DC—Last night, a few miles from Moment’s office, two innocent young people, a couple about to The post A Statement About the May 21, 2025, Washington, DC, Shooting from Moment Magazine Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
