The Long View from China: A Shanghai Museum Sheds Light on the Ties between China, Jews and Israel
The Jews of Shanghai adjusted to rickshaws and Chinese charcoal stoves and debated the usual Talmudic rules, adjusted to local circumstances. Was a rickshaw okay to take on shabbat?
Ask the Rabbis | Is Empathy a Jewish Value?
Values are meaningless when we treat them like commodities to be gambled with on the stock market of political correctness.
Book Review | Israel’s Spies Spill Their Secrets
When a director of an Israeli spy agency retires, there is a burst of interest in what they will reveal about secret operations—and what they’ve really thought about Israeli leaders.
Talk of the Table | The Karma of Shawarma
The vertical rotating rotisserie tower of meat is deliciously innovative, but it’s difficult to pin down its Middle Eastern origins.
Short Fiction | ‘After Talking, What?’
The following story won First Place in the 2004 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest, which was founded in 2000 to recognize authors of Jewish...
HAIM: Grammyless Girls Once Again
In response to the fragile state of the American experiment, last weekend’s 68th Grammy awards was historic. Celebs donning “ICE OUT” pins made statements as...
Israel, Gaza, Iran and the Shifting Landscape of the Middle East with Suzanne Maloney, Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel
Suzanne Maloney and Aaron David Miller discuss the changing landscape of the Middle East