Verdict on Roman Artichokes? Tasty!
In Rome, the future of the Jewish community’s signature dish—the carciofo alla giudia (Jewish-style artichoke)—was threatened by a decree from the Israeli rabbinate’s head of imports.
Opinion | We Must Confront the Orbáns of the World
Jews must take the lead in standing up to the Hungarian leader’s anti-Semitism.
Opinion | In Praise of Tribalism
Thoughts on two eight-year-old converts—and Michael Chabon.
Discovering Science in the Zohar
Throughout The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown extols the importance of the Zohar, the classic book of Kabbalah, as an incredible source of knowledge from which...
Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish?
Since 2015, Porwancher has spent extensive time researching archives on Hamilton’s life and the possibility that he had a Jewish background.
For Jewish Organizations, the Unique Challenge of #MeToo
In the Jewish communal world, addressing systemic harassment and abuse comes with its own complications.
How the Mossad Recovered a Secret Iranian Archive
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In the early morning hours of January 31, 2018, a sigh of relief broke the tension in the situation room at Mossad headquarters in...
Moment Magazine Stories on Sheldon Adelson, Anti-Semitism are Finalists for Newhouse Mirror Awards
(Washington, DC—June 6, 2018)— Two of the four stories up for this year’s prestigious Mirror Award in the Best Single Story category were produced by...
Anti-Semitism Monitor 2018
The Anti-Semitism Monitor reports anti-Semitic incidents around the world by country and date on a weekly basis.
Opinion Interview | Gabriela Shalev on The United Nations and Israel
What are the high and low points in Israel’s history with the United Nations?
I still remember the night my father woke me up at age...
Book Review | A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture by Shachar Pinsker
Since their origin in the early 1500s in Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world, coffee houses have provided an important social meeting place for people from all walks of life, especially creative, political and business types.
Jeremy Corbyn and the Jewdas Seder
The Labor Party leader continues to disappoint and alienate British Jews.