The (Soul) Doctor is In
The rabbi is dancing and singing, his congregation swooning, his synagogue…absent. We are watching an actor only pretend to be a rabbi and are sitting...
The Ninth of Av in the Shadow of the Shoah
by Eli Kavon
The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av--which begins this year on the evening of July 15--is an annual day of mourning...
The English Girl: A Kidnapping That’s Part Mirth, Part Mayhem
The English Girl, Daniel Silva’s most recent novel featuring Israeli super-spy (think James Bond meets Jack Bauer) Gabriel Allon, tries to break out of the...
Women of the Wall: More Harm Than Good?
My alarm clock rang at 3am. Time to head to the Kotel for the crack of dawn vatikin minyan. My friend had told me that...
The Ten Claymandments
Last month, thousands of Jewish children around the country packed their bags and headed off to Jewish overnight camp for the summer. There is no...
Mimi Sheraton Talks Jews and Food
Mimi Sheraton, restaurant critic for the New York Times from 1975 to 1983, hasn’t stopped writing about food: Sheraton’s memoir, Eating my Words, came out...
Remembering Yoram Kaniuk, and the Legacy of the Bergson Group
Yoram Kaniuk, the prize-winning Israeli author and peace activist who passed away last week, often ventured well beyond the national consensus with his controversial views...
Meet the Maharats: Questions for Rori Picker Neiss
Last week, Moment published interviews with two graduates of Yeshivat Maharat, the first school to train Orthodox female clergy. Today, Moment speaks with fellow classmate...
In Praise of Pop Culture’s Jewish Fathers
Behold, the Jewish father: an oft-forgotten figure, generally second fiddle to the much-discussed Jewish mother. Though pop culture tends to be focused on the matriarchs...
The (Chosen) Man of Steel
This summer’s Man of Steel, opening June 14th, marks the return of Krypton’s Last Son to American cinemas. Above all the fanfare, a question remains:...
What Rosh Hodesh Means for Jewish Democracy
The Jewish calendar is structured on lunar activity. Every time there is a new moon, a Hebrew month begins. We read in Exdous that God...
Spinoza, the Modern-Day Radical
You probably already know that 17th-century Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza was radical for his time—from his notorious excommunication from the Amsterdam Jewish community at age...