Yitzhak Rabin: 15 Years Later
In a moving column in The New York Times, President Bill Clinton pays tribute to slain Israeli Prime Minister and peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin. "I continue to believe...
Is Society the Angel of Death? Elie Wiesel's Take
by Daniel Kieval
"Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor." (Leviticus 19:16)
In an address given last week at Wesleyan University, Elie...
Sustainable Tzedakah
By Steven Philp
Now that we have entered the month of November, many of us look forward to the prospect of spending time with loved ones...
The Olive Conflict
By Lily Hoffman Simon
When Noah’s ark ended its forty day journey, Noah sent forth a dove, which returned to him with an olive branch. The olive...
The Emergence of Jewish Republicans
By Gabriel Weinstein
After a year of raucous Tea Party protests, growing disillusionment with presidential policies and economic stagnation, Republicans’ fantasy of regaining control of at...
The De-Militarized Zone: Politics and Religion in the Middle East
By Samantha Sisskind
AMMAN, JORDAN – The swastika and anti-Israel graffiti spray-painted on the wall of a church parking lot I pass on the way to my school...
What’s In a Name?
By Gabriel Weinstein
For hundreds of years, Ethiopian Jews dreamed of strolling through Jerusalem’s supposed golden streets and celebrating the Sigd festival in its hills. By...
ObamaCare Turns the Tables on the Jewish Mothers
By Doni Kandel
An unusual wave of exhilarating self-confidence has overcome Jewish sons across America, according to reports. The surprising cause of buoyancy? Obamacare.
Political scientists, thought...
Kosher for Halloween
By Daniel Kieval
It's Halloween in the suburbs. For a couple of weeks, already, the neighborhood decorations have been out in full force: pumpkins, black cats,...
De-constructing a City of Queer Borders
By Lily Hoffman Simon
If you were to ask someone to picture the queer community in Israel, it is a fair bet to say that they would...
Moment Cover Sneak Peek!
Here it is - the highly anticipated cover to the November/December 2010 issue of Moment! The issue will be on newsstands and in your mailbox...
A Familiar Injustice
by Ben Goldberg
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” If that’s the case, Italy and France’s recent treatment...