Need a drink before the Stewart/Colbert rallies? Try a “Stewart Restoring Sanit-ini” or a “Colbert Shot of Fear” at Moment Magazine’s Happy Hour, and meet the writers and editors of the independent Jewish magazine that Slate calls “a must read." Thursday, October 28 5:00pm - 9:00pm Madams Organ 2461...
By Niv Elis Sukkot of 5771 may go down in history as the most architecturally innovative holiday in Jewish History, thanks to the Sukkah City competition in New York. The competition, which was dreamed up by Joushua Foer, a journalist, and Roger Bennett, co-founder of...
By Michelle Albert Four car bombs exploded in front of Shiite mosques in Baghdad this morning, killing 39 people and wounding 54. The Rabbinical Council of America is meeting this Sunday to discuss the possibility of female leadership in Orthodox synagogues. This comes a few months after...
By Talia Ran A recent USA Today Faith & Reason post ponders the questions: Do you ever give your Blackberry a day off? Fast from Facebook? Take a time-out from Twitter? For the nonprofit group Reboot, they are doing just that. Fueled by a Sabbath Manifesto, created...
By Sarah Breger A few weeks ago a woman's title, but not her duties, changed. Maharat Sara Hurwitz, a member of the religious leadership at a modern Orthodox synagogue in Riverdale became Rabba Sara Hurwitz at the same synagogue. This set off a firestorm in...
By Caroline Kessler The onset of December must mean only one thing for Jews in the Capitol, at least according to the Washington Post’s article on the annual White House Hanukkah Party. Faulting the recession, the Obama administration announced that the guest list would shrink by...
By Maxine Springer This past weekend, Mel Brooks was recognized (along with Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry and Dave Brubeck) at the Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Here's what President Obama had to...
By Jeremy Gillick As the Israeli election enters its final stretch (polls close at 10 P.M. Israel time), with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni surprisingly ahead in preliminary exit polls, Hamas continues its brutal crackdown on Fatah in the Gaza Strip. According to a report issued...
By Jeremy Gillick Two years ago, Ha'aretz correspondent Lily Galili profiled the right wing Israeli politician and founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel is our Home") Party, Avigdor Lieberman, for Moment. Having served as Transportation Minister under Ariel Sharon, and having subsequently been fired in 2004 for...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFoimWJTroQ] "An unbelievable political ad in an unbelievable country," says Jeffrey Goldberg. ...