The Jewish Book Council Announces 2012 Winners
The Jewish Book Council announced its selections for the 2012 National Jewish Book Award winners.
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York...
Anxiety and the Jews: Woody Allen on Hypochondria
Woody Allen, who made a career out of the anxiety-ridden Jew from New York, takes to the pages of the New York Times this week...
Israel’s Man of the Hour Naftali Bennett Talks to Moment: From Our Archives
Naftali Bennett, one of the fast rising stars in Israeli politics, is poised to capture between 14 and 17 seats in the coming Israeli elections,...
Egyptian Satirist To Face Charges
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef faces criminal investigations after prosecutors in Cairo announced they were looking into allegations that the popular comedian had insulted Egyptian president...
Interview with Israeli Poet Moshe Dor and Translator Barbara Goldberg
Interview with poet Moshe and translator Barbara Goldberg, December 2012
Moshe Dor, born in Tel Aviv in 1932, is a major figure in contemporary Israeli literature. ...
Top Muslim Brother Resigns Over Israel Remarks
A senior Egyptian official considered close to President Mohamed Morsi has resigned after publicaly saying that Israel's Egyptian Jews should return to their country of...
Ron Dermer: Next Israeli Ambassador to the US?
Ron Dermer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s senior advisor, is reportedly being considered as the next Israeli ambassador to the US.
Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon first reported...
Jerry Seinfeld’s Jewish Christmas Tree
Jerry Seinfeld had the Jewish blogosphere fuming after his wife, Jessica, posted a photo of the family’s Christmas tree via Instagram. The photo shows the...
Inside Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood
Two years after the dawn of the Arab Spring and six months after Mohamed Morsi was elected president, democracy is still a work in progress...
Israel’s First Gay Divorce
Former Israeli MK Uzi Even has made history again after he and his former partner of more than two decades were granted what is being...
Sandy Hook: A Teenager Weighs In
By Benji Satloff
Last Sunday night, I was settled in the couch watching the “game of the year” between the Patriots and the Forty-Niners. Suddenly, the...
Are Settlements an Obstacle to Peace? Survey Looks at Palestinian and Israeli Thoughts on Peace
Just over a quarter of Jewish Israelis think peace with the Palestinians is “possible and likely” in the coming five years, compared to double the...