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Moment ‘Not Very Pleasant’ 1 Aug 2023
The National Union of Students (NUS) conference in the UK faced controversy when rapper Lowkey, known for his advocacy of Palestinian causes and criticism of...
1 Aug 2023
Moment From 2004 | Who Holds the Deed to the Holy Land? 1 Aug 2023
This article discusses the history and contemporary issues surrounding Greek Orthodox land ownership in Israel. The Greek Orthodox Church is the largest land...
1 Aug 2023
Moment Comic | Learning to Dance with AI 28 Jul 2023
This is a comic published by Moment Magazine titled "Learning to Dance with AI." The comic explores the relationship between humans and artificial intelligen...
28 Jul 2023
Moment Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Humanity? 28 Jul 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a topic that raises important questions for humanity. The potential benefits and risks of AI are significant. Nick Bostrom, a...
28 Jul 2023
Moment Q&A: Isabel Kershner on The Battle for Israel’s Soul 27 Jul 2023
Isabel Kershner, a correspondent for The New York Times in Jerusalem, discusses the recent political developments in Israel and the deep-seated divisions wit...
27 Jul 2023
Moment The Battle for Israel’s Soul with Isabel Kershner and Sarah Breger 27 Jul 2023
Journalist Isabel Kershner, author of "The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's Battle For Its Inner Soul," discusses the history of the modern state of Israel an...
27 Jul 2023
Moment Analysis | A Dark Day for Israeli Democracy 25 Jul 2023
On July 24, the Knesset voted to abolish the criterion of reasonableness as the basis for judicial oversight of government decisions and appointments in Isra...
25 Jul 2023
Moment After Abbas | Interview with Ghaith al Omari 25 Jul 2023
In an interview with Ghaith al Omari, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the state of the Palestinian Authority (PA) after Mah...
25 Jul 2023
Moment Talk of the Table | A Chat with ChefGPT 24 Jul 2023
In this article, the author explores the limitations and creative potential of ChatGPT, an AI language model, in relation to Jewish cuisine. While ChatGPT is...
24 Jul 2023
Moment Ask the Rabbis | What Impact Will Artificial Intelligence Have On People’s Spiritual Lives? 24 Jul 2023
The rabbis in this discussion have varying opinions on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on people's spiritual lives. Some rabbis express concerns a...
24 Jul 2023
Moment As Israel Reaches a Boiling Point, Washington’s Concern Grows 24 Jul 2023
The tensions in Israel over the judicial overhaul proposed by Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition have drawn concern from the Biden administration. President Bide...
24 Jul 2023
Moment Sing to Survive: New Jewish Songbook Combats Climate Crisis 24 Jul 2023
The Dayenu organization has released a songbook called "Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Songs for the Jewish Climate Movement" to galvanize the Jewish community...
24 Jul 2023
Moment Jewish Word | Beware the Fires of Moloch 24 Jul 2023
The article explores the term "Moloch" and its various meanings in Jewish history and Western culture. Historian Garry Wills compares America's obsession wit...
24 Jul 2023
Moment From the Archive | More Poetry of Linda Pastan 24 Jul 2023
This collection of poems by Linda Pastan, published in Moment Magazine between 1975 and 2015, covers a range of themes and topics. Some of the poems touch on...
24 Jul 2023
Moment Wisdom Project | Edith Everett, 94 21 Jul 2023
Edith Everett, a 94-year-old woman, is a remarkable individual who sees opportunities instead of obstacles and works tirelessly to improve the lives of other...
21 Jul 2023
Moment Explainer | Who Is Kidnapped Researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov? 21 Jul 2023
Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, a PhD candidate at Princeton University, has been kidnapped by the Iranian-backed Shiite militia Kataib Hezboll...
21 Jul 2023
Moment From the Newsletter | Remembering Poet Linda Pastan 20 Jul 2023
Linda Pastan, a celebrated poet who recently passed away at the age of 90, left behind a collection of 15 books that blur the boundaries between thought and ...
20 Jul 2023
Moment Roundtable | Robots Get Religion 20 Jul 2023
This roundtable discussion explores the theme of robots and golems in literature and the implications they have for our understanding of spirituality and hum...
20 Jul 2023
Moment Partly Cloudy Reads for Your Beach Bag 19 Jul 2023
This article discusses a selection of novels that reflect the anxieties and uncertainties facing the American Jewish community in recent years. The books exp...
19 Jul 2023
Moment Book Review | The Truth Only Fiction Can Touch 19 Jul 2023
"The Butterfly and the Axe" by Omer Bartov is a novel based on the author's own family history in Galicia during the Holocaust. Bartov, a respected Holocaust...
19 Jul 2023
Moment Q&A: The Poems in Progress of Linda Pastan, z”l 19 Jul 2023
Moment Magazine has published an interview with Linda Pastan, a poet who recently passed away. Pastan discusses her process as a poet, mentioning that she st...
19 Jul 2023
Moment Book Review | The Many Layers of Jewish Identity 19 Jul 2023
"The Shamama Case: Contesting Citizenship Across the Modern Mediterranean" by Jessica M. Marglin is a study of a 19th-century court case in Italy that explor...
19 Jul 2023
Moment Visual Moment | Photographer Richard Avedon’s New Take on the Group Portrait 18 Jul 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is currently showcasing an exhibition called Richard Avedon: MURALS, which celebrates the centennial of the late photographer'...
18 Jul 2023
Moment Sanctuary and Humiliation: The Wartime Haven in Shanghai 18 Jul 2023
During World War II, the Mir Yeshiva students and their teachers were forced to flee Nazi-occupied Poland and Lithuania. With few safe overland routes and cl...
18 Jul 2023
Moment From 1994 | Argentina’s Jews After The Bomb: From Scapegoats to Pariahs 18 Jul 2023
This article from 1994 discusses the AMIA bombing in Argentina, a terrorist attack on a Jewish community center that left 85 people dead. The Jewish communit...
18 Jul 2023
Moment Great Women Yiddish Writers (You Never Heard About) with Anita Norich and Lisa Newman 18 Jul 2023
In this discussion, Anita Norich and Lisa Newman shed light on the often overlooked contributions of female Yiddish writers. They dispel the myth that there ...
18 Jul 2023
Moment Watch: Learning from Isaac Asimov 15 Jul 2023
In this video, Moment Magazine Editor-in-Chief and CEO Nadine Epstein discusses the insights and lessons that can be learned from science fiction writer Isaa...
15 Jul 2023
Moment Moment Wins 15 Rockower Awards at AJPA Ceremony 14 Jul 2023
Moment Magazine has won 15 Rockower Awards from the American Jewish Press Association. Some of the award-winning articles include "Breaching the Wall" by Emi...
14 Jul 2023
Moment Opinion | All My Children 13 Jul 2023
The author of this opinion piece reflects on recent protests in Israel and shares the perspectives of her children and grandchildren, who have diverse politi...
13 Jul 2023
Moment From the Editor | Learning from Isaac Asimov 13 Jul 2023
Isaac Asimov's science fiction work, particularly his robot series, explores themes related to artificial intelligence (AI). Asimov's robots possess human-li...
13 Jul 2023
Moment Opinion | Fear and Loathing in the Library 13 Jul 2023
Book bans have been on the rise since 2016, with record numbers reached last year. The majority of challenges to books in public schools were filed by just 1...
13 Jul 2023
Moment Poem | The Mysteries 13 Jul 2023
Linda Pastan, a renowned poet who passed away at the age of 90, leaves behind 15 beautiful books of poetry that blend thought and feeling, speech and song. H...
13 Jul 2023
Moment Moment Debate | Is Changing Our Personal Behavior Key To Saving The Planet? 13 Jul 2023
In this Moment Debate, Saul Elbein argues that changing personal behavior is key to saving the planet, while Mona Charen argues that it is not. Elbein emphas...
13 Jul 2023
Moment Opinion | When Tyrants Overshoot 13 Jul 2023
In 2023, Israel experienced a transformative year in politics with the birth of a movement aimed at strengthening liberal democracy. Justice Minister Yariv L...
13 Jul 2023
Moment Opinion | To Coin a Crime 13 Jul 2023
The Polish government has issued a commemorative coin honoring World War II partisan Jzef Kura, who commanded a resistance unit that killed 13 Jewish survivo...
13 Jul 2023
Moment A Conversation about the Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel with Joseph Berger and Nadine Epstein 13 Jul 2023
In this conversation, Joseph Berger, former New York Times journalist and author of "Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence," and Nadine Epstein, editor-in-chi...
13 Jul 2023
Moment Beshert | Shedding Our Flak Jackets 12 Jul 2023
The author, Yael Lavie, shares her story of finding love and getting married later in life as a career journalist who had spent years covering war zones. At ...
12 Jul 2023
Moment Beyond Bagels and Lox: Writing about Jewish Lives in the 21st Century with Allegra Goodman and Amy E. Schwartz—in celebration of the Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest 11 Jul 2023
In this conversation, Allegra Goodman, an acclaimed novelist, discusses how contemporary writers portray Jewish lives in 21st-century America. Goodman's char...
11 Jul 2023
Moment Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest 11 Jul 2023
Moment Magazine and the Karma Foundation are hosting the Short Fiction Contest, which invites writers to submit stories related to Judaism, Jewish culture, o...
11 Jul 2023
Moment Fiction | Chelm, NJ 10 Jul 2023
The town of Chelm, NJ, is known for its wise and pious Jewish residents. Many of them have turned their basements into beautiful shuls, starting with Kleinma...
10 Jul 2023
Moment Fiction | Night of Broken Glass 10 Jul 2023
The story follows a narrator attending the funeral of his childhood friend Steven's father. The two friends had drifted apart but reconnect at the funeral. T...
10 Jul 2023
Moment Fiction | Arguing with Reinfeld 10 Jul 2023
In this fictional story, Charlie Wineglas is taking care of his elderly parents, who are slowly losing their memory. Charlie is trying to connect with his pa...
10 Jul 2023
Moment Biden Speaks His Mind in Candid Interview 10 Jul 2023
President Joe Biden expressed his concerns about the extreme elements of Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet in a recent interview with CNN. Biden referred to these...
10 Jul 2023
Moment From Chatbots to Cheesecake: 8 Brilliantly Jewish Uses of AI 30 Jun 2023
This article explores eight different ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in Jewish contexts. These include facial recognition technolog...
30 Jun 2023
Moment The End of Affirmative Action? 29 Jun 2023
The recent Supreme Court decision to ban affirmative action in college admissions has prompted strong emotional responses, particularly within the Jewish com...
29 Jun 2023
Moment My Friend Anne Frank with Dina Kraft and Laurel Leff 29 Jun 2023
In this discussion, journalist Dina Kraft shares the story of Hannah Pick-Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank mentioned multiple times in her diary. Hannah ...
29 Jun 2023
Moment Deep Dive | Whose Speech Is Free on Musk’s Twitter? 28 Jun 2023
Elon Musk's public image has shifted from being compared to a superhero to being associated with a supervillain. He has made controversial statements on Twit...
28 Jun 2023
Moment Broadway Responds to Antisemitism with Tovah Feldshuh, Bruce Sussman, Alfred Uhry and Lynne Marie Rosenberg 27 Jun 2023
This panel discussion, hosted by ALL ARTS, explored the rise of antisemitism and Broadway's response through recent and current productions. The panel featur...
27 Jun 2023
Moment It’s the Settlements, Stupid 26 Jun 2023
The relationship between Biden and Netanyahu is strained, with concerns over Israeli democracy, Iran, and settlements being major issues. The Israeli governm...
26 Jun 2023
Moment Joshua Malina Is a Proud (((Jew))) 23 Jun 2023
In the Tony award-winning play Leopoldstadt, actor Joshua Malina takes on the role of Hermann Merz, a wealthy textile-factory owner in early 20th century Vie...
23 Jun 2023