The Most-Watched Zoominars of 2021
The most popular Zoominars of this year are a hodgepodge of fun, food and Jewish celebrities.
The Miracle of Being Seen: A Very LUNAR Hanukkah
LUNAR: The Jewish Asian Film Project offers Asian Jews warm community within sometimes alienating American Jewish culture.
Jury Finds ‘Unite the Right’ Leaders Liable for Violence
The organizers of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA will need to pay more than $25 million in damages, a jury in Virginia decided this week.
Unearthing the Truth of Tall el-Hammam
A recent scientific paper presents new evidence for a real-life inspiration for the biblical tale of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Ask the Rabbis | How Do You Deal With People in Your Community Who Don’t Want to Get Vaccinated?
I don’t. It is not my place to nudge people to get or not to get vaccinated.
Groundswell: Rachel Binstock on Spiritual Adaptation
Q&A with Rachel Binstock, organizer with Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action, about spiritual adaptation to climate crisis.
From the Archives | Saving General Lee
While you can take the boy out of Mississippi, you can’t take Mississippi out of the boy. My jeep had a red and white Rebel Flag on the back spare tire and a plastic statue of General Robert E. Lee stuck on the dash, making it most likely the only Confederate shrine in the Middle East.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Inspired by Great Women of the Past, Was a Generous Mentor of Younger Women
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “on a Jewish journey” as she and Moment editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein worked together on the newly released book, RBG’s Brave and Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone, Epstein said in an online conversation Tuesday with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, who knew the justice and officiated at her funeral.
Jewish Word | The Joyful Power of Hallelujah
In American culture, the word “hallelujah” is so associated with Christian prayer and music—and overall rejoicing and jubilation—that people often forget it is originally Hebrew.
Ask the Rabbis | How Can We Avoid the Trap of Self-Righteousness?
Everyone wants to be right—in the right way. What’s the line between striving for moral perfection and being a jerk?
Opinion | Mine, Mine, All Mine
What makes a place holy? And who gets to decide? Such abstract questions become concrete and emotional when we talk about Jerusalem.
Opinion | Why I Left Jerusalem
After 50-something years, and to the astonishment of our children and grandchildren, at the end of June my husband and I packed up our things and left Jerusalem, moving halfway across the country to settle in Zichron Yaakov, a quaint, hilltop village overlooking the sea.