By Jeremy Gillick Just one week after Egypt began slaughtering its 300,000-strong pig population, Reuters reported that Afghanistan has imprisoned its only known pig. Afghanistan's only known pig has been locked in a room, away from visitors to Kabul zoo where it normally grazes beside deer and...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="attachment_2222" align="aligncenter" width="233" caption="May/June 2009 Issue"][/caption] The May/June issue of Moment is out! Some highlights: Publish-a-kid contest winners New column by Eric Alterman A new shot at reforming Israel's electoral system And more! ...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Moment's Rabbi Harold S. White Fellow Jeremy Gillick (left) has an interesting--and important--piece over at New Voices. It's called "The Coming of the Intermarried Rabbi" and is definitely worth checking out. One quick excerpt: If the [rabbinical schools' harsh intermarriage] policies affect only a small number...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler To continue our post from last week: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvY98WQ5n9g] 'Nuff said. (HT: normblog)...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="322" caption="European delegates walk out during Ahmadinejad's speech (via JTA)"][/caption] Well, it's not as if the United Nations Durban II conference against racism was ever going to avoid controversy. The primary storyline going into the conference was the contentious--if not by any...
By Maxine Springer I was delighted to discover that one of my favorite blogs, CakeWrecks, had a special post dedicated to Passover. (If you're not familiar with CakeWrecks, daily posts include photos of real (disastrous) cakes and snarky comments about them. The other wrecks included in the...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128" caption="Menachem Z. Rosensaft"][/caption] In case you haven't seen Menachem Rosensaft's Op-Ed in last week's Jerusalem Post, it was republished today (with some slight changes) at Huffington Post. It is interesting to see the long time peace supporter Rosensaft refusing to join...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler We know some families have struggled for centuries with the age old quandary of breaking a matzah in two perfect pieces. In my family, prizes range from winning the leftover brisket to a two-dollar bill for the one who can make the cleanest...
By Nonna Gorilovskaya My friend and cooking goddess Jenna Huntsberger never tasted matzoh before she decided to bake her own. (Note to self: I am a bad Jewish friend.) She documented her valiant efforts on her ModernDomestic blog: This recipe is from Rose Levy Beranbaum’s book,...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler The Jerusalem Post was with MO in Prague's historic Jewish quarter yesterday. "It was a wonderful visit, but much too short," MO said. "I'll be back." The JPost has a video, which you can see here. She had a busy day: Her visit included...