Moment-Magazine Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest Winners Update
We recently caught up with Ruchama King Feuerman, whose story “A Beggar’s Place” was our 2011 second-place winner. Since then, her novel, In the Courtyard...
Indie Picks: Politics and Prose
In this first installment of “Indie Picks,” Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine, owners of Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, recommend a few of their favorite books to Moment readers.
AIPAC Gets the Rap Genius Treatment
Rap Genius, a website that decodes lyrics from rap songs with nearly Talmudic levels of analysis, has for some time now been the place to...
Omar Meets Omer
Today, there's more proof that The Wire--the obscure HBO series about Baltimore's drug dealers, cops, newspaper reporters that one day will get a lot of...
Around the Web
The New York Times reports that Israel "moved closer to its goal of energy independence on Sunday as natural gas from a large offshore field...
Happy Birthday, Philip Roth!
Happy Philip Roth day, as today--the 80th birthday of the pride of Newark--might well be called, with the writer's hometown hosting a Philip Roth bus...
The Latke vs. Hamentash Debate Rages On
by Amy Schwartz
Which tastes better, the latke or the hamentash? Does the hamentash contain the secret of the universe? Is the latke a threat to...
Jewish Mothers Everywhere Are Forwarding This To Their Daughters
The competition for best Craigslist posting to mention both Girls and the Holocaust just narrowed a lot, thanks to this, the most Jewish Craigslist posting...
Suicide Bombers Are Spreading False Islam
by Aylin Kocaman
In October, the Palestine Committee of the Arab Lawyers Union honored a suicide bomber. A law student who entered a restaurant in Israel...
Last Call for Entries to Elephant in the Room Contest
Tomorrow is the last day to submit an entry to Moment's 2012 Elephant in the Room Contest, which asks: How has anxiety affected you, your...
Have Holiday Anxiety?
The holidays--full of candles and songs and goodwill toward all--can also be a stressful time for those with anxiety, filled with the responsibilities of hosting...
Elephant in the Room Deadline Approaching
This Friday is the final day to enter Moment's Elephant in the Room Contest! Send us 200-500 words addressing the question: How has anxiety affected...