The proverbial liquor cabinet in the collective consciousness of American Jewry contains only a handful of familiar—and unquestionably eccentric, nostalgia-soaked—libations... ...
For many Jews, slivovitz—the Eastern European plum brandy—is wrapped in nostalgia, evoking memories of irascible relatives downing fiery shots over Yiddish banter, or the mysterious bottle at the back of your grandmother’s pantry, revealed only during Passover seders. Over the years, slivovitz has become a distinctly Jewish beverage, one to ...
With the Winter Olympics set to open in Sochi, Russia, in February, Moment’s Josh Tapper talks to David Wallechinsky, author of The Complete Book of the Olympics and president of the International Society of Olympic Historians. ...
By Josh Tapper Bukharian Friday night dinner is an elaborate affair: Plates of carp doused with garlic sauce and cilantro,
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By Josh Tapper On February 15, 1981, Michael Bloomfield’s body was discovered in a parked car on a San Francisco side
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Yelena Goltsman, of RUSA LGBT, a support group for Russian-speaking gay people in the United States, on Russia's anti-gay policies and the Sochi Olympics. ...
In the Canadian province of Quebec, religious groups have been up in arms over the past several months regarding a
...The Argentinian rabbi talks about Jewish-Catholic relations and his longtime friendship with the current pope. By Josh Tapper For many
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As the Internet has expanded the frontiers of 21st-century freedom of expression, it has given rise to new opportunities for hate speech. // But what constitutes hate speech, which broadly refers to language that incites prejudice against racial, religious and ethnic groups and is legislated and regulated by governments around ...
Naomi Tsur spent five years as a third-string deputy to Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, responsible for the ancient city’s urban
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