Blog from Istanbul: Turkey and Israel Should Unite
The Peoples of Turkey and Israel Should Work Together
By Aylin Kocaman
Turkey has sheltered Jews since Ottoman times. The Turkish people have a particular culture and...
The Latke vs. Hamentash Debate Rages On
by Amy Schwartz
Which tastes better, the latke or the hamentash? Does the hamentash contain the secret of the universe? Is the latke a threat to...
Sarah Silverman’s Sister Arrested at the Western Wall
The sister of comic Sarah Siverman was just one of nearly a dozen women who were detained today at the Western Wall for praying while...
Catholics Respond to Pope’s Resignation
Pope Benedict the XVI’s decision to step down after just eight years as head of the Church has stunned the Catholic world and left many...
Israel’s New Knesset Sworn In: A Prayer and Other Fun Facts
The 120 members of Israel’s 19th Knesset were sworn in today in Jerusalem. Ruth Calderon, who was on the Yesh Atid list, and became a...
Burma Peace Talks Begin: A Letter From the Jewish Community
Peace talks between the Myanamar government and ethnic rebels from the south of the country kicked off Monday, as fighting between the two sides intensified...
I am a Muslim Turk and I Condemn the Jewish Holocaust: Guest Blogger Aylin Kocaman on Altruism in Nature
I am a Muslim Turk and I Condemn the Jewish Holocaust
By Aylin Kocaman
The world watched the slaughter of 6 million Jews during the Second World...
Film Review: “The Jews and the Longest Kiss in History”
MOMENT’S FILM REVIEW: “The Jews and the Longest Kiss in History”
By Samuel Warshaw
Frederique Cifuentes Morgan, a London-based, Parisian-born filmmaker, in Sudan to make a film...
Watch out DC: Dave Barry is Coming to Town
Fans of Dave Barry in Washington D.C. are in for a treat: the Pulitzer-Prize winning political satirist will be at Politics and Prose tomorrow night...
Divestment Comes to Brooklyn
An online petition is demanding that the political science department at Brooklyn College rescind its sponsorship of an anti-Israel divestment event.
The campaign has received wide...
Lawsuits Challenge Obama’s Birth Control Provision
The New York Times today reported about a spike in the number of lawsuits that are challenging a provision in President Obama's new health care...
Happy Birthday to the Egyptian Revolution
Egyptians today marked two years since the start of the revolution that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak. But is the country better off now...