Is Mormonism the New Evangelicalism?
by Rebecca Borison
With Mitt Romney's status as Republican presidential candidate now official, Americans have begun in earnest to analyze his characteristics and qualifications. The first...
Embracing Camp
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Model Citizens
by Rebecca Borison
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, newly crowned the hottest woman in the world by Maxim magazine, will likely be relieved to know that, at 5'8"...
The Other Jewish Comics
by Kelley Kidd
With the new influx of superheroes and comic book characters into film, what was formerly a somewhat niche genre has become mainstream. On...
A Proper Israeli Sendoff
by Rebecca Borison
The Israeli Embassy was full of blue and white balloons, and a falafel bar was stationed at the back of the room. What...
The Plight of the Three-Day Holiday
by Rebecca Borison
This past Friday, I turned off my iPhone at approximately 7 pm and prepared myself for three days of being disconnected. Shavuot happened...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (The Great Gatsby Edition)
Been on the Internet today? My guess is yes. In that case, you've probably seen the trailer for Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby....
Remembering Sholom Aleichem
by Kara A. Kaufman
It’s not every day that you see your own photograph in a newspaper, much less a Russian publication printed halfway around the...
Amar’e Gets Animated
First there were New Yorker cartoons with Kanye West tweets. Now there are Moment cartoons with Amar'e Stoudemire tweets. No explanation should be necessary.
The Jewish Jordan, King Amar’e, and a Kabbalistic Halftime
by Sala Levin
The Super Bowl is upon us, and this year the New England Patriots (owned by Robert Kraft, heavily involved in Jewish philanthropy) and...
What We’re Reading: Election Edition
by Sarah Breger
The Highlights
The new issue of the Jewish journal Sh’ma, which focuses on “the Jewish electorate in 2012,” is full of interesting pieces worth...
Are You There God? It’s Me, Moment
Know a kid who loves to read and write? Tell her about Moment's annual Publish-A-Kid contest, in which we invite young readers to write reviews...