The Other Side of the Wall
Praying at the western wall first as a man, then as a woman.
Beyond Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol
Moment takes you inside the secret world of Freemasons, probing the similarities between Judiasm and Freemasonry. Find out what Jewish Freemasons really think of The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown’s latest best seller, starring the Zohar, the classic book of Kabbalah, and discover what “secrets” they can and can’t share.
Poem—Michael Sandler
Lokshin Kugel
Noodles. Perhaps they’re chosen—the lokshin, pasta—
because they’ve wandered far—not Marco Polo or some Khan
but from Jerusalem’s Talmud (Beitza 60d) which calls it
itriyta, something preserved—afterward,...
Marshall Breger: Gay Activists vs. the First Amendment
Whatever the ultimate success of the movement for same sex marriage, one would hope that its adherents would be sensitive to the political and religious...
Opinion—Eric Alterman
Has J Street Been Defamed?
Sarah Palin says that Israel’s West Bank settlements “should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is...
Yuri Foreman
In between bouts and mixing it up at his Brooklyn gym, the world junior middleweight champion is studying to be an Orthodox rabbi. The Belarussian-born, Israeli-reared 29-year-old discusses his boxing—and spiritual—journey.