The Three-Hour Diet
by Rebecca Borison
Thanksgiving never really manages to excite me. Yes, it’s nice to be with family, but the whole feast aspect just isn’t that novel....
Jews With Better Food?
by Daniela Enriquez
Have you ever wondered if you have Italian Jewish roots? Or, do you think you have an Italian Jewish last name? You may...
Believe In God? There’s (Maybe) A Gene For That.
Is there a God gene? The idea--that a person's capacity for belief in God, or lack thereof, is imprinted on her genetic code--is the basis...
Moment Takes On Genes And Religion
It's summer. We know what's on your mind: the connection between genes and religion. Well, you're in luck, folks!
That's right, our July/August issue is out...
Judaism Goes Green
by Kara A. Kaufman
Throughout the past several decades, organizations like the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, Teva...
The Haredi PR Problem: Bad For (All) The Jews
by Ezer Smith
There has been some outrage recently over an Orthodox custom known as metzitzah b’peh, and justifiably so: The custom, during which the mohel...
Miss Holocaust 2012?
by Rebecca Borison
As the number of remaining Holocaust survivors inevitably diminishes, many have attempted to record the survivors’ stories, through books, videos or other means....
It’s Complicated with Judaism
by Kara A. Kaufman
A rabbi once told me that Judaism is not a religion.
I was confused.
Ethnicity? Nope. Culture? Wrong again. After pausing just long enough,...
How Do You Say “Fail” in Hebrew?
by Rebecca Borison
With technology comes the chance of errors, some more public than others...
Ruta Kupfer of Haaretz recently revealed one such technology-related error on the...
A New Jew?
by Kara A. Kaufman
A landmark study of Jewish life released today reveals the deep and sometimes surprising changes the Jewish community has undergone over the...
A Green Light on Kosher Slaughtering in the Land of the Red Light District
by Rebecca Borison
Who doesn’t love a kosher deli? Well, apparently not the Dutch Animal Rights Party. Last December, the Dutch party, “whose highest priority is...
Are We Past Passing?
by Julia Glauberman
“I’ll do it… I’ll be the Gentile, because I could pass best,” says the narrator of Nathan Englander’s recent short story “What We...