Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day: Guest Blogger on the Irony of Time
By Yehuda Rothstein
I grew up in an Ultra-Orthodox or haredi community in upstate New York. This community could be considered a refugee colony because it...
Election Results Are In: How Will the Next Government Bridge Israel’s Religious-Secular Divide?
Yesh Atid, the newly formed political party headed by veteran journalist Yair Lapid was the surprise winner in yesterday’s elections in Israel. A centrist party...
Guest Blogger on Morsi, Jews, Pigs and Apes
By Aylin Kocaman
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s new head of state., called the Jews in 2010 “sons of apes and pigs”
Morsi addresses Jews in this way in...
New Poll Explains Why Obama Won the Jewish Vote
The majority of American Jewish voters believes that government regulation of business is necessary to protect the public interest and expressed a desire to reduce...
Gilad Shalit to Lone Soldiers: “I Admire Your Courage.”
Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hamas and returned in a 2011 prisoner exchange, met with lone soldiers in Jerusalem today, calling...
Morsi’s Anti-Semitic Slurs: What They Really Mean
The White House went on the offensive and condemned Egypt after videos of president Mohamed Morsi’s anti-Semitic slurs went public.
In the videos, Morsi described Israelis...
The Jewish Book Council Announces 2012 Winners
The Jewish Book Council announced its selections for the 2012 National Jewish Book Award winners.
City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York...
Anxiety and the Jews: Woody Allen on Hypochondria
Woody Allen, who made a career out of the anxiety-ridden Jew from New York, takes to the pages of the New York Times this week...
Israel’s Man of the Hour Naftali Bennett Talks to Moment: From Our Archives
Naftali Bennett, one of the fast rising stars in Israeli politics, is poised to capture between 14 and 17 seats in the coming Israeli elections,...
Jewish Mothers Everywhere Are Forwarding This To Their Daughters
The competition for best Craigslist posting to mention both Girls and the Holocaust just narrowed a lot, thanks to this, the most Jewish Craigslist posting...
Egyptian Satirist To Face Charges
Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef faces criminal investigations after prosecutors in Cairo announced they were looking into allegations that the popular comedian had insulted Egyptian president...
Interview with Israeli Poet Moshe Dor and Translator Barbara Goldberg
Interview with poet Moshe and translator Barbara Goldberg, December 2012
Moshe Dor, born in Tel Aviv in 1932, is a major figure in contemporary Israeli literature. ...