Moment Magazine
March–April 2016 issue
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| Editor | Nadine Epstein |
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| Deputy Editor | Sarah Breger |
| Former editors |
Leonard Fein Hershel Shanks |
| Categories | Religion, Politics, Culture |
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Circulation | 65,000 |
| Publisher | Nadine Epstein |
| Founder |
Elie Wiesel Leonard Fein |
| Year founded | May 1975 |
| First issue | 1975 |
| Company | Center for Creative Change |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | English |
| Website | momentmag |
| ISSN | 0099-0280 |
| OCLC number | 610402552 |
Moment is an American independent, non-profit magazine. While the publication is a secular journal, material is targeted toward readership with interests related to Jewish culture. The magazine is a publishing project of the Washington D.C.-based Center for Creative Change.
Moment magazine was founded in 1975, by Elie Wiesel and Leonard Fein, who served as the magazine's first editor from 1975 to 1987. Hershel Shanks served as the editor from 1987 to 2004. The magazine was named in honor of an independent Yiddish-language newspaper, entitled Der Moment. Founded in Warsaw in 1910, Der Moment remained in operation until the eve of Yom Kippur 1939, when the building housing the newspaper was destroyed by a German bomb. At the time, the publication was one of two Yiddish-language newspapers in the city.
Moment magazine is a secular, independent journal that publishes articles on Jewish culture, politics, and religion. While the magazine is owned by the Center for Creative Change, it is not affiliated with any Jewish organization or religious movement: its editorial staff, writers, and articles represent a diverse range of political views. As of 2004[update], Nadine Epstein is the editor and executive publisher.Moment publishes a print magazine once every other month, maintains an online blog, runs literary contests, and hosts esteemed events.
The sections of the print magazine include: From the Editor, Featured Stories, Jewish Word, Ask the Rabbis, Talk of the Table, Book Reviews, and more.
In 2010, Moment launched the Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative (DPIJI), which gives grants to young journalists doing stories on modern anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice. The DPIJI is in memory of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter, who was murdered by terrorists while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002. The winners of this contest are mentored by prestigious journalists including: Wolf Blitzer, Linda Feldmann, Martin Fletcher, Glenn Frankel, Bill Kovach, David Lauter, Charles Lewis, Clarence Page, Robert Siegel, Paul Steiger, Lynn Sweet and David Wessel. They receive $5,000 to put towards their project and their final story is published in Moment.
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