Moment Magazine

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As we come to the end of this challenging year, Moment takes a look back at the stories that shaped the American Jewish conversation in 2023. From our coverage of Israeli democracy to American politics to the E-Street Band, here are Moment’s most-read stories 2023.

Should you give books as holiday presents? Of course you should! Still, it’s natural to hesitate. Giving someone a book is a gesture with many layers: You’re not just giving a gift, you’re starting a conversation, or continuing one. Any of these books published in 2024 are conversation-starters, whether they transport you to Napoleon’s Egypt, mid-twentieth-century Florida, the Mizrahi ghettos of 1950s Israel, or to Hamburg, Algiers or even your own backyard.

“It is never too late, except when it is."

Now that Jimmy Carter has died, it is time for the American Jewish community to do some teshuvah.

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Join Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller for a conversation about how the new administration might handle the challenges—and opportunities—for peace in the Middle East.

For others it's time to twist again...like we did last Trump term

What is Gaga? If you ever attended a Jewish summer camp, community center, or Hebrew school, you probably have memories of Gaga (and I’m not talking about

No rabbi for President Carter. But he had someone whom no other president has ever included in an inauguration: a Jewish cantor.