The majority of Americans support immigration reform with a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, according to the findings of a new survey released by the Brookings Institution and the Public Religion Research Institute. At 63 percent, this share of Americans is three times the...
“We have been given arguably the most positive result one could want in terms of Catholic-Jewish relations,” Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious and intergroup relations for the American Jewish Committee, said about the selection of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina to head the Catholic...
With the Oscars less than two weeks away, take Moment's quiz to test your knowledge of holy men (and women) in Hollywood. _____ stars as Rabbi Tuckman in the 1993 parody, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. In the 1998 psychological thriller, Pi, _____ appears as Rabbi Cohen. Edward...
Mel Brooks Stephen Perlman Ben Stiller Ben Kingsley Gene Wilder Sam Waterston Alan King Richard Benjamin Alan Mandell, George Wyner, Simon Helberg Rob Steiger Kevin Pollak Meryl Streep Zvee Scooler ...
The African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa and the party of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, has voted in its annual conference to support the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The ANC says it is "unapologetic in its view...
Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck died yesterday of heart failure, just a day short of his 92nd birthday. He was best known for songs such as “Blue Rondo a la Turk” and “Take Five,” which broke into the Billboard Hot 100 in the early...
As President Barack Obama visits Southeast Asia this week--in which he made an historic visit to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, meeting with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi--take a look back at Moment's 2010 article, "Letter from Myanmar," which describes the Jewish community there: "For...
After the presidential election wrapped up last week, we asked our readers what they thought about the results. Read on to see what some of them had to say. Whether they're happy with Obama's win: "By the end of the campaign I was ready to scream. The...
The New York Times has revealed today that U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is the White House's top choice for Secretary of State in President Obama's second term. Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who was once thought to be a leading contender for...
Now that Oliver Sacks is back in the news with the release of his new book, Hallucinations, which explores the connections between hallucinations and intoxication, illness and injury, take a look back at Moment's profile of the famed neurologist: "According to family lore, Sacks’s grandfathers were...