JStreet on Forbes Avenue
By Caroline Kessler
All the colleges and universities in Pittsburgh returned for class the week of January 11. As is typical on a Friday night at...
Saviors in the Night
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Those seeking a Holocaust movie rendered in bold strokes of black and white, where the distinction between good and evil is clear and...
The Jan/Feb issue has arrived!
By Sarah Breger
Check out the new issue of Moment, including our cover story on Jews and Freemasons!
How to know if you're Jewish…..
By Elayne Laken
The other week, I saw Sarah Silverman perform at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles alongside a panel of other comedians,...
Two Sides to Every Story
By Caroline Kessler
Although the barrage of international media coverage on Israel’s war on Gaza seems to have sloped off, more personal coverage has emerged. B'tselem,...
Hannah Rosenthal Under Fire
By Symi Rom-Rymer
The mock outrage and cheap scoring of political points that has ensued in the wake of a Haaretz interview with Hannah Rosenthal, the...
Now even Jewish grandmothers hate the Israeli Rabbinate
By Sarah Breger
Grandma is fighting back. The Center for Women’s Justice, the Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to upholding a woman’s right to just treatment in...
How about a little peace, love, and understanding?
By Caroline Kessler
Well, that’s what we’ve got at the Alyn Hospital in Jerusalem, where two eight-year-olds from differing backgrounds are recovering from wounds inflicted by...
A Gold Star for ‘Mommy Queerest’
By Sarah Breger
Going to Mommy Queerest at Theater J the other night was a bit like going to Miami—the theatre was packed with old Jews...
Pho-like Matzo Ball Soup
By Olga Berman
Pho-like Matzo Ball Soup
Ingredients
4.5 ounce Manischewitz Matzo Ball & Soup mix
3 quarts water
1 egg
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons coriander seeds
4 cloves
2 star anise
2 inch...
The Cat's Meow
By Symi Rom-Rymer
While perusing the bookshelves at Barnes and Nobel yesterday, I came across a wonderful graphic novel entitled The Rabbi’s Cat by the French...
Old Reading for the New Year
By Caroline Kessler
As a way to occupy myself over winter break (and not go stir-crazy in the process), I’m picking my way through the Best...