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1 week ago | momentmag.com | Nathan Guttman

“B’Ivrit: A Hebrew Language Media Roundup” is a monthly look at the news through the eyes of Israeli media consumers. 1. Failure or Victory Lap? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rushed visit to Washington last week dominated the news in Israel for days. And after his hour-long Oval Office photo op with President Trump, the Israeli media was split—roughly along party lines—on how to read the event.

2 weeks ago | momentmag.com | Nathan Guttman

1. An Oval Office Bombshell  When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last weekend, while visiting Hungary, that he was heading to Washington for a meeting with President Trump, reporters and commentators struggled to make sense of the sudden detour. On Monday, in the Oval Office, it became clear. “We’re having direct talks with Iran, and they’ve started,” Trump revealed, sitting next to Netanyahu, as the cameras rolled. “It’ll go on Saturday.

2 weeks ago | momentmag.com | Jacob Wirtschafter

PACIFIC PALISADES, CA—For nearly a century, Villa Aurora has stood on a windswept hillside in this coastal neighborhood of Los Angeles. The mansion’s white stucco walls and Spanish Colonial Revival design match any number of similarly styled homes dotting L.A.’s rugged bluffs. Yet for those who know its story, Villa Aurora is more—a record of German-Jewish exile, a refuge built by intellectuals fleeing Nazi Europe, and now a stark reminder of how fragile cultural memory can be.

2 weeks ago | momentmag.com | Andrew Michaels

She describes herself as a “white advocate” and “proud Islamophobe.” She boasts her bans from apps ranging from Facebook to Uber and even Chase Bank as badges of honor. And for several years, Laura Loomer, a controversial former congressional candidate, has had the ear of President Trump. Yesterday she apparently shared with him that six National Security Council officials were disloyal. Then he fired them.

3 weeks ago | momentmag.com | Nadine Epstein

One Saturday night not long ago, I went to dinner at a restaurant with a dear friend. He brought along a black leather satchel, his Havdalah kit. When we sat down, he poured wine, lit the braided candle and sang the Hebrew prayers in his sonorous voice.