Letter from Chautauqua
The Protestant, intellectual playground founded in the 19th century is now home to a thriving Jewish community
Inspired by the late 19th century belief that it...
Ask the Rabbis // How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?
Independent
Although we need to take every precaution against fanatical Muslim Arab terrorism in and outside our homeland, we need to cease forcibly displacing peaceful Arabs...
The Price of Being Jewish: An Interview with Judea Pearl
The downward slant of Judea Pearl’s eyes lends a perpetually sorrowful expression to his bearded face. Yet, he is rarely somber during our talk; in...
Noble Books
Nine Nobel laureates reflect on their favorite classic and contemporary Jewish books
“I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought...
Fiction // A Beggar’s Place
This story is the second-place winner of the 2011 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest. Founded in 2000, the contest was created to recognize authors...
The Spicy Tale of India’s Jewish Cuisine
Palak paneer, chana masala and the egregiously treif-sounding butter chicken may not scream “Jewish” and were highly unlikely to grace your grandmother’s holiday table. But...
Ask the Rabbis // What Does Judaism Say about Immigration?
In Israel or America, in our homeland or dispersion, we are immigrants and the children of immigrants.