After Giffords Attack, Searching for Compassion
By Steven Philp
Addressing nationwide concern for Representative Gabrielle Giffords, doctors have expressed hope for her recovery despite having suffered a gunshot wound to...
Born This Way
By Steven Philp
According to a recent study conducted by researchers at the University College London, people may hold certain political views simply because they were...
For Refugees, a Modern Exodus
By Adam Chandler
Before escaping to Israel in 2003, Ephraim lived in a camp with 15,000 other Eritreans. Like a growing number of refugees...
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The Death of Yiddish?
By Merav Levkowitz
For 25 years, the American klezmer band The Klezmatics has been unable to sustain itself solely from their Yiddish klezmer music. The reason...
Always a "Moment" Ahead of the Curve
One of the great things about Moment is that through its 36-year history, it has documented breaking trends in Jewish life with insight and forward-looking...
AIPAC vs. Seinfeld
by Daniel Kieval
I recently heard a lecture by J. J. Goldberg, senior columnist for The Forward, about the current state of American Judaism and its...
The Jewish View on DADT? Don't Ask!
By Steven Philp
Today, President Obama fulfilled a campaign promise when he signed the bill repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” (DADT) the 17-year-old policy barring LGBT...
Play Hard, Pray Harder
By Gabriel Weinstein
Just two years after leaving the University of Florida facing charges of larceny and theft Auburn University quarterback Cameron Newton was full of...
Israel's Other Refugee Problem
by Daniel Kieval
On Monday night, a few days after thousands marched for human rights in Tel Aviv, Israel deported about 150 refugees back to their...
Bridging the Gender Gap in Prayer – Sort Of
By Lily Hoffman Simon
The patriarchal tradition of Orthodox Judaism is being challenged all over the world. The recent controversy surrounding the ordainment of Sara Hurwitz...
Who's Afraid of Nixon's Anti-Semitism?
By Steven Philp
As governments process the information illicitly made public by Wikileaks, the legal release of conversations recorded during the Nixon administration may seem irrelevant. ...