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12/30/2025

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12/30/2025

"I’m not suggesting Jews should try to describe God, only to describe our relationship with God."

For many Jews, being honest about their belief (or lack thereof) in God can feel taboo. Letty Cottin Pogrebin argues these conversations are essential.

Why are so many of us skittish about confiding our religious beliefs or lack thereof?

12/30/2025

Moment has been loving Jewish books for the last fifty years. So we asked our Book and Opinion Editor Amy E. Schwartz to compile a list of the top 50 Jewish books in that time. Some of the entries may surprise you! What makes your list?

To construct a list of books that made a difference in American Jewish life between 1975 and 2025 is to be reminded that however deeply you ponder what to include, the exercise’s main value is as a conversation-starter.

12/29/2025

Acclaimed by his fans, derided by his detractors, and irreverent toward all–Phillip Roth paved the way for a slyer, more cynical Jewish fiction. https://momentmag.com/jewish-mischief-philip-roth/

12/28/2025

For decades, the Christian Right embraced a pro-Israel, somewhat philosemitic attitude embodied by figures like current US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and organizations like Christians United For Israel. Tom Gjelten discusses what changed in a PBS interview about his latest Moment cover story--and what's rising in its place.

12/24/2025

How have Christian conservatives moved past their roots in the Moral Majority movement? "Christian conservatives are more interested in taking power and bringing government under Christian control."  Moment Institute fellow Tom Gjelten discussed his Moment cover story on the rise of antisemitism in the Christian Nationalism movement on PBS's "Amanpour & Company."

12/24/2025

It’s a stereotype that’s been around forever, but why? Eating Chinese food was a way for Jews to assimilate in the 1920s and ’30s—it was urban, sophisticated, and Chinese restaurateurs could relate to the Jewish struggle with discrimination, so they treated all of their customers equally. https://momentmag.com/jews-and-chinese-food/

12/23/2025

A New Year is coming: is Mamdani turning over a new leaf with Jewish New Yorkers? Nathan Guttman looks at the mayor-elect’s recent moves, plus Trump’s third term talk at a White House Hanukkah party, in our latest Jewish Politics and Power.

How can you make sure that Jews feel safe and secure when attending synagogue, while still respecting the rights of others to free speech?

12/23/2025

Many Christian nationalists reject the idea of a Judeo-Christian tradition--a sharp departure from the established Christian Right. Moment Institute fellow Tom Gjelten discussed his Moment cover story on the rise of antisemitism in the Christian Nationalism movement on PBS's "Amanpour & Company."

12/23/2025

This weekend, Amanpour and Company on PBS featured a segment on Moment's recent cover story "The New Christian Right, Antisemitism & U.S. Democracy." Moment Institute fellow Tom Gjelten joined Michel Martin to discuss the alarming rise of antisemitism within the Christian nationalism movement and the Republican Party. Read the full story here.

For years, Christian supremacist ideology was coursing through American conservatism. Now it—and its antisemitism—is out in the open, in the halls of power and scaring Jews.

12/22/2025

Do being Santa and being Jewish mix? Moment Deputy Editor Jennifer Bardi and Jewish Santa Claus Eric Epstein discussed