Moment Magazine

What Moment Magazine does

Moment Magazine is an independent bimonthly publication founded in 1975 and headquartered in Washington, DC, focused on Jewish politics, culture, and religion. It serves readers interested in Jewish life, identity, and intellectual discourse, operating in both print and digital formats and publishing ten issues per year. The publication has positioned itself as a long-running platform for serious journalism and essays in its niche vertical, most recently recognized with the 2024 Rockowitz Award, the Jewish-community equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.

The core product is the bimonthly magazine, distributed in print and digital editions. The organization has extended that core product across multiple formats: email newsletters, MOMENTLIVE! zoominars (live virtual events), original podcasts, and an online shop for merchandise and books. Underlying production relies on standard publishing infrastructure rather than a proprietary technology platform, with GetResponse serving as the disclosed email marketing vendor. Brand extensions include Moment Institute (a programmatic content and education arm) and Moment Studios, alongside sponsored content contests and a partnership with the Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative that supports investigative reporting in the publication's coverage area.

Revenue is generated through individual subscriptions priced at $28.95 per year, donor contributions, and ancillary streams from merchandise sales and live programming. The audience is consumer-direct and long-tail distributed across print and digital, with no enterprise customer concentration. Distribution spans traditional mail fulfillment, owned email channels, podcast networks, and virtual event platforms, giving the publication a multi-channel footprint that is differentiated for a small specialty magazine but supported by a staff that the company describes as between 11 and 50 employees.

Name

Moment Magazine

Legal name

Moment Magazine

Website

https://momentmag.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Moment Magazine is a Washington, DC-based independent bimonthly publication founded in 1975 covering Jewish politics, culture, and religion. It distributes via print, digital, newsletters, podcasts, and virtual events, monetizing through $28.95 annual subscriptions and donor support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Jewish Interest Magazine Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Jewish interest magazine
• Religious journalism
• Antisemitism reporting
• Jewish cultural commentary
• Independent print publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Magazine Subscriptions: Moment Magazine generates revenue primarily through paid magazine subscriptions, offered as both digital and print editions. Subscribers pay an annual fee to access content covering Jewish politics, culture, and religion.
2. Donations: The magazine runs a donation program, describing its independent journalism as supported by tax-deductible gifts from readers and supporters.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Moment Magazine is a bimonthly print and digital magazine that publishes independent journalism on Jewish politics, culture, and religion, complemented by twice-weekly newsletters, MOMENTLIVE! virtual events (Zoominars and podcasts), and an online shop selling Jewish-themed books and gifts. Revenue is generated through paid subscriptions priced at $28.95 per year, donations supporting its independent journalism, an e-commerce shop, and advertising.

Product overview

Moment Magazine is a bimonthly publication offering a comprehensive portfolio of products and services centered on Jewish politics, culture, and religion. The core offering is the print and digital Moment Magazine, complemented by the Moment Minute twice-weekly newsletter, MOMENTLIVE! virtual events (Zoominars), podcasts (Moment Talks), and various departments including Big Questions, Jewish Word, Literary Moment, Moment Debate, Moment Memoir, Opinion, Talk of the Table, The Wisdom Project, Visual Moment, and Ask the Rabbis. The organization also operates Moment Institute for antisemitism research, the Moment Shop for books and gifts, cartoon caption contests, fiction contests, and publishes the annual Higher Learning Guide advertising supplement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MOMENTLIVE!: Virtual events platform featuring zoominars, podcasts, and educational classes on Jewish topics
• Moment Institute
• Moment Studios

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism InitiativeminorOthersMoment Magazine is affiliated with the Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative (dpiji.org), listed as part of Moment Institute alongside The Antisemitism Project and the Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tablet Magazine: Online Jewish news and culture magazine covering politics, religion, and arts — directly comparable editorial focus and audience overlap with Moment Magazine.
• The Jewish Daily Forward (Forward): Long-running Jewish news publication covering politics, culture, and religion with both news and opinion verticals — directly competes for Moment's reader and donor base.
• Jewish Journal: Los Angeles-based Jewish news and culture magazine with a similar mix of politics, religion, and features, distributed to a comparable community audience.
• Commentary Magazine: Opinion-driven Jewish magazine focused on politics, culture, and ideas — overlaps with Moment's editorial columns and Jewish-politics coverage.
• Tikkun Magazine: Jewish interdisciplinary magazine covering politics, culture, and religion from a progressive perspective — comparable niche periodical model and donor-supported revenue mix.
• Hadassah Magazine: Established Jewish lifestyle and news magazine with subscription revenue and organizational backing — directly comparable print + digital periodical model.
• The Jewish Review of Books: Quarterly Jewish literary and intellectual magazine featuring essays and book reviews — directly comparable niche periodical model and editorial scope.
• Haaretz (English Edition): Israeli newspaper with English-language edition covering Jewish and Israeli news, politics, and culture — competes for the same Jewish-affairs reader and offers a comparable subscription + paywall model.

Broad incumbents

• The New Republic: Politics, culture, and ideas magazine with subscription revenue and opinion-led coverage — broader audience but similar long-form magazine format and donor/subscription mix.
• The Atlantic: Long-form journalism magazine with subscription, events, and newsletter revenue streams — broader audience but a comparable bimonthly-plus-digital editorial model and premium subscription pricing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MomentMagazine
• Facebookfacebook.com/momentmag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/momentmagazine

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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