Moment Magazine

09/22/2025

Shana Tova! The entire Moment community would like to wish you and your loved ones a sweet, happy, and healthy New Year!

09/22/2025

Theodor Herzl’s 1882-1889 Vienna diary. A circa 1945 German or Austrian grogger bearing the image of a sw****ka. Fragments of holy texts from early 20th-century Ukraine. A 1943 ledger of “Arrivals and Departures” for Auschwitz Block 8. A 1906 photograph of Jewish gauchos in Argentina. An immigration quota cartoon from 1924. A copy of the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence in Yiddish and English. A glass b**g from Texas in the shape of a menorah.

The evocative and sprawling array can be seen in three special 100th anniversary exhibitions on view until December 31 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City. Diane Bolz takes a closer look. https://momentmag.com/yivo-100-collection/

09/19/2025

Great timing—The USPS has honored Moment co-founder Elie Wiesel with a postage stamp, just in time for our 50th anniversary! https://momentmag.com/usps-elie-wiesel-stamp/

09/17/2025

On April 8, 1933, the Journal and Guide of Norfolk, VA, a Black-owned weekly newspaper, ran a cartoon depicting Adolf Hi**er in his customary N**i uniform complete with sw****ka armband, brandishing a whip in one hand and holding up a sw****ka on a short pole with the other. Cast against the wall behind is a looming shadow: a hooded K*K figure clutching the same whip but holding up a burning cross instead of a sw****ka. “Another Klansman,” reads the caption above.

Dan Freedman takes a closer look at a little-discussed but worth remembering chapter in Black and Jewish history. https://momentmag.com/black-press-stood-by-jews-against-the-nazis/

09/16/2025

Before his assassination Wednesday, Charlie Kirk was a virtually unknown figure in Israel. Within days, he became a hero to many on the Israeli right. More from Nathan Guttman. https://momentmag.com/israeli-media-charlie-kirk/

09/12/2025

“The name Rosensaft remains a symbolic expression of the Jewish remnant after the war.” If not for the Holocaust, Menachem Rosensaft’s father might have lived a normal life. Instead, he was thrown into the unlikely role of leader at the Bergen-Belsen displaced person’s camp. https://momentmag.com/josef-rosensaft-bergen-belsen-displaced-persons-camp/

09/12/2025

WATCH NOW! What is the Palestinian perspective on the situation in Gaza and the role of Hamas today? What is the state of the Palestinian Authority, politically and security-wise, and what are its challenges? If elections were held in the PA and in Gaza today, who would win? Is there a clear next step for the Palestinian Authority—and what might its future role be in Gaza? These are just some of the questions that Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein asks in a wide-ranging conversation with Ghaith al-Omari, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine.

What is the Palestinian perspective on the situation in Gaza and the role of Hamas today, in a wide-ranging conversation with Ghaith al-Omari, senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

09/11/2025

Are you a writer? Do you have a short story you can’t wait to tell?

Send us your stories related to Judaism, Jewish culture, or Jewish history for a contest judged by New England Book Award winner Joan Leegant. We will choose three talented winners, with a first prize of $1,000.

https://momentmag.com/karma-fiction-contest/

09/10/2025

Last night, President Trump and cabinet members were met with protesters in a DC restaurant who chanted “Trump is the Hi**er of our time!” Such comparisons have been drawn since Trump’s rise in 2016. But are these comparisons useful, or do they do more harm than good? More from Marc Fisher. https://momentmag.com/opinion-invoke-holocaust-with-caution/

09/09/2025

Spotted in the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research bookstore in NYC - Nadine Epstein's book written in collaboration with the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
"RBG’s Brave & Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone"
Get yours today! https://momentmag.com/product/rbgs-brave-brilliant-women-33-jewish-women-to-inspire-everyone/

P.S. Makes a great gift for all ages!

09/09/2025

What does it say about antisemitism in America that its most violent outrage is not widely remembered, caused no deaths and had some consequences that were arguably positive? In a new book, Pamela Nadell focuses on the thread of antisemitism through American life, including a 1902 attack on a crowd of over 20,000 Jewish mourners. https://momentmag.com/antisemitism-american-tradition-review/

09/08/2025

Are the Jews one people? And if so, will times of political disunity tear us apart? JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa Engagement Director Matthew Nouriel and Lab/Shul founding spiritual leader Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie debate. https://momentmag.com/debate-are-the-jews-one-people/