Jewish Word | The Wandering Jew
Every autumn, Jews all over the world read the Torah portion Lech Lecha, in which God instructs the future patriarch Abraham to abandon his native land for a promised one
Jews and the San Francisco Gold Rush
In the early 1850s, Adolph Sutro, a cocky young man with a thick walrus moustache, headed west to make his fortune. Originally from Prussia, Sutro...
Does Syria Matter?
The Obama Administration is expected to support talks between Syria and Israel as part of its efforts to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Tony Badran, Tom Dine, Martin Indyk, Joshua Landis, Moshe Ma’oz, Michael Oren, David Schenker and Andrew Tabler on whether a Syrian-Israeli deal is in the cards.
Watch out for Wolpo
By Jeremy Gillick
The right wing group SOS Israel, led by Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpo, leader of Chabad's messianic wing in Israel, has published the first...
Iran's Velvet Revolution?
By Jeremy Gillick
What will change if Mirhossein Mousavi, a former Iranian Prime Minister, a "moderate," and the primary challenger to reigning Iranian president and rabble-rouser...
Jewish Fanaticism
By Jeremy Gillick
In the wake of the Manis Friedman controversy, some suggested that Moment should have censored itself in order to protect the Jewish community's...
Could Israeli Settlers become Palestinians?
By Jeremy Gillick
In an interview published today in Ha'aretz, the 72-year-old former Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei suggested to journalist Akiva Eldad that Israelis living...
Sonia Sotomayor and the Menorah
By Jeremy Gillick
Among the many decisions made by New York Court of Appeals judge and newly nominated Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor is a 1993...